Displaced Cooper tenants ask judge to protect belongings, say trust is lost after the fire

Dozens of former residents of The Cooper inched forward Wednesday in their quest to reconnect with their belongings after a fire left the Fort Worth apartment complex uninhabitable.

A group of 59 tenants want a temporary injunction to stop The Cooper’s owners and management from destroying or disposing of the contents from their former apartments. They said legal reassurance is necessary because of “major distrust” of the companies.

“We’re just simply saying that they can’t unilaterally decide to destroy everyone’s personal property,” said Ty Stimpson, an attorney representing the tenants…

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