Tuesday, May 04, 1999
Price Hill landlord must pay damages HOME case
BY BEN L. KAUFMAN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Price Hill landlord Jack Edward Taylor has been ordered to pay $27,800 in damages plus $7,988 in attorney fees to Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) for discriminatory rental practices.
U.S. District Judge Sandra S. Beckwith imposed the penalty on Friday.
The case began in 1996 when HOME investigated Mr. Taylor's Guerley Road and Elberon Avenue properties.
HOME's white and black testers posed as prospective tenants and concluded that Mr. Taylor encouraged whites and discouraged blacks. They also said Mr. Taylor refused to rent to a tester posing as a parent with a child.
Attorney Matthew Brownfield filed HOME's suit, claiming racial and family-status discrimination.
Mr. Taylor based his defense on the way his name was typed on court documents, claiming mistaken identity. He said he was Jack Edward; Taylor, but never explained the significance of the semi-colon.
Magistrate Judge Timothy S. Hogan held a hearing on that claim and concluded:
• Mr. Taylor admitted owning the properties involved in HOME's suit and “bragged” about his discriminatory conduct.
• He signed letters as “Jack Taylor,” “Jack E. Taylor,” and “Jack Edward Taylor” as well as “Jack Edward; Taylor.”
• Further, a witness convinced Magistrate Hogan that the defendant, who identified himself as Jack Edward; Taylor, was the “Jack Taylor” who showed her an apartment.
“The evidence makes clear that the defendant is the person named in the complaint and that this is not an instance of mistaken identity,” Magistrate Hogan said.
Judge Beckwith adopted his findings and recommendation.
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