Tenan’s mold issue

[Karen Chandler]

17 unit apartment building: manager negligent as we discovered that tenant had the following issues: Too many people, non-working or never used bathroom fan, never opened windows, never used heat, very unclean. Developed mold spurs. Called county (tenant resources) vs landlords. A landlord then discovered that it felt like a greenhouse. Carpet was actually wet. County (judge) ruled in their favor. All in all 100k spent ( 70 k to repair apartment, housing the tenants for several months in a hotel, ordered to pay them 10k, and now attorney is advising us to pay them 17k to not sue (extortion) I’m newly involved (owners are all siblings/cousins-12 in all) Sorry for the long post, but ??? 
property manager need to go. Lawyer ($700 per hour) needs to go. Please advise! 

[Chris Seveney]

Quote from @Karen Chandler:

17 unit apartment building: manager negligent as we discovered that tenant had the following issues: Too many people, non-working or never used bathroom fan, never opened windows, never used heat, very unclean. Developed mold spurs. Called county (tenant resources) vs landlords. A landlord then discovered that it felt like a greenhouse. Carpet was actually wet. County (judge) ruled in their favor. All in all 100k spent ( 70 k to repair apartment, housing the tenants for several months in a hotel, ordered to pay them 10k, and now attorney is advising us to pay them 17k to not sue (extortion) I’m newly involved (owners are all siblings/cousins-12 in all) Sorry for the long post, but ??? 
property manager need to go. Lawyer ($700 per hour) needs to go. Please advise! 

So questions I have is:

1. Did insurance cover this bill?

2. Why did their renters insurance not cover the move out?

3. Why pay them a penny? Again why is insurance not involved

4. What does the agreement say with the Property manager? If they did not follow their agreement why are they not brought into this along with their insurance company?