First Lawsuit against Heather Goerdt et al Bad Breeder Gulf Coast Exotic Felines

This is a lawsuit filed against Heather and her mother/step-father.  They rented a property and Heather lived there only 8 months and in the process she managed to do a great deal of damage to the house and the property owned by the home owner.  The house was provided "turn-key" furnished which means the rental came with everything a tenant would need other than personal items such as clothes and toiletries.  Heather's cattery was so poorly maintained that the cats urinated and defecated on everything from the floor/carpet to furniture to lampshades.  There was snot all over the walls, in some locations as high up as 10 feet.  Obviously, the cats were sick to be blowing snot everywhere.  The house was also infested with fleas.  Many items that belonged to the house were also missing upon move out.  There are also allegations made by neighbors that saw over 40 cages in the garage.  Evidence submitted by Heather!  She denies this claiming there weren't that many cages...I thought all her cats had the run of the house freely?

The documents I am posting are again available to the public and are really upsetting.  One document is a statement by the cleaners that cleaned the property as Heather was moving out.  Their statement is really eye opening to the type of conditions in Heather's cattery.  One of the more interesting notations is that this statement was totally unsolicited by the home owner meaning the cleaners were so appalled by the conditions that they sought out the home owner to give a statement as to the conditions.  And the conditions are quite disturbing.  I can not imagine living in an environment so awful especially being a cat that is caged in such an environment. 

The home owner won the lawsuit and received a judgement of over $5000.00 of which they have never been able to collect from Heather, her mother, or her step-father.  It is disgusting to me that anyone would trash another person's house and belongings and then not make any restitution but instead feel they were justified in treating anybody in that manner let alone their animals that they claim to love so much.  The documents I read in this lawsuit of the conditions in the home absolutely made me sick. 

Statement of claim:

Statement from the house cleaners hired by Heather et al, note the comments that some of the cats were in cages in the garage.  I can not imagine having to live under these circumstances especially as a caged cat. 

The following 3 pages are itemized details of the damage done to the property, the home owner's furnishings, and the repair/replacement costs. 

Final Judgement against Heather, Melissa Coleman, and Michael Coleman:

Heather appealed and the appeal was dismissed:

SOME of the invoices received and submitted into evidence by the home owners.  Note many of the invoices reference the terrible smells and conditions from the urine and feces.  Up to and including in the A/C system!  All this in 8 months residency.  Unbelievable.

Invoice from the A/C company to try and remove the smell from the house and A/C system.  Note, his comments on the invoice, "very bad smell", "smell of cat urine very bad in house, garage, & A/C", "caused by unsanitary conditions", "entire house is permeated with smell of cat urine, treating house with ultravation system is only way we have of removing smells and airborn germs from house".  All I can say is Wow.

Invoice from Pressure cleaning and paint company showing they had to chlorinate the walls and use a deodorizer on the walls prior to painting.

  

Invoice from the tile and grout specialist clearly stating the "overwhelming odor of pet urine and multiple stains on the tile and grout from pet urine throughout the entire house."

 

Additionally, there are pictures of the damage.  I am looking now into getting copies of those pictures and I will post them once received.