Kim Webster -- the former "West Wing"
actress whose L.A. apartment burned to a crisp last September -- is now
suing the man she claims is responsible ... the owner of the L.A. Clippers.
According to docs filed yesterday in L.A. Superior Court, Webster and her fellow tenants claim their landlord Donald Sterling
-- who also owns the Clippers -- could have prevented the devastating
electrical fire ... but seriously dropped the ball on building
maintenance.
Among a laundry list of complaints about Sterling's
allegedly dangerous mismanagement and terrible treatment of tenants --
Webster claims Sterling was warned about the faulty wiring way before
the fire happened ... and did nothing.
The tenants claim their
personal property's been destroyed, they've sustained "loss of earning
due to sickness and impaired health, moving expenses, cleaning
expenses, loss of quiet enjoyment, annoyance, medical expenses, and
pain and suffering" -- and they want Sterling to pay up ... stat.
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