BALTIMORE — A lawsuit alleging that a Baltimore-area apartment management company owned by former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law illegally charged additional fees on late rent payments can proceed, the Appellate Court of Maryland ruled this week.
The ruling by the state’s second-highest court is a loss for Westminster Management LLC, an apartment company owned by Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump, and Kushner’s family. A Baltimore circuit judge had granted Westminster summary judgment, dismissing the case, but the higher court’s ruling brings back the litigation.
The firm, where Kushner stepped down as CEO to join his father-in-law’s administration but remains an owner, settled last year with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office in separate litigation that alleged Westminster had taken advantage of financially vulnerable consumers and violated Maryland’s consumer protection laws.
