It's now been one week since the day displaced residents of International Towers were originally told by the city they could come home. However, those residents are still displaced since the demolition of the Realty Building has not reached the fourth floor yet.

Now, 52 of those residents are suing several parties including Realty Building owners Yo Properties 44 LLC and LY Property Management, as well as Greenheart Companies LLC, Enbridge Gas Ohio and Dominion Energy LLC in a class-action lawsuit.

Additionally, five "John Does" have been named as defendants as well with court documents noting the residents do not know the names of at this time, but are described as "those who may have constituted contractors and/or contracted persons" working for or with those involved with the work being done at the Realty Building when the explosion happened.

In the days following the deadly May 28 explosion at the Realty Building, which is located in close proximity to International Towers, residents, who the suit states are all age 62 or older or have disabilities were told they had to evacuate and were given a three-day time frame to do so causing more than a few complications.

"Due to the short evacuation notice, many of the unnamed plaintiffs were temporarily unable, or had limited access, or were caused to have an interruption in taking their necessary medications and were, and have been unable to meet their regularly scheduled doctor's appointments and visits in the days and weeks following," the suit reads.

The suit goes on to say residents have had trouble making accommodations for their pets, did not have the necessary suitcases to gather necessary belongings and have had significant disruption to their daily lives and routines.

"They've been taken out of their homes on short notice, and put into a hotel room, where they can't provide for themselves, they can't have the amenities they had at the International Towers," said Joe Joseph, Founder of Joseph Law Group.

The defendants are all being sued for negligence with the suit stating Realty's owners should have known the work being done on the building was dangerous to the building and its surrounding areas and failed to notify those in the area of the "inherently and/or unreasonably dangerous" work being done.

"[The building owners] negligently and carelessly allowed an understaffed and unsupervised crew, or unqualified personnel to perform highly and inherently and/or unreasonably dangerous work on its premises," the suit reads.

The suit goes on to slam Greenheart Companies LLC, a contracting company hired by the city to do utility relocation work for the Realty Building. 

The suit states that while the work was being done, Greenheart's crew supervisor was not present at the site to oversee the work being done, failing to ensure a safe environment by "allowing untrained or undertrained" workers to do the work.

Finally, the suit slammed Enbridge Gas Ohio and Dominion Energy LLC saying both companies had the duty to ensure the safety and functionality of all gas lines and to provide regular inspections, particularly during a construction project.

"Enbridge and Dominion owed a nondelegable duty to warn, advise instruct and communicate with the contractors working on the Realty Tower Building project regarding information involving the pressurization of the lines, the appropriate method for determining any lines should be cut, the appropriate method for cutting said lines and to ensure a contingency plan was in place should any problems or error arise," the suit said.

The suit states the companies failed in that duty, while also failing to confirm the certification of the contractors performing the work.

"People are being damaged, people are harmed, people are suffering, people are having a really really hard time with this. And knowing what I know about these types of gas explosions, this shouldn't have happened," said Joseph.

The residents are demanding punitive damages and class relief, as well as a trial by jury in this case. 

The complaint filing also seeks class action relief, since a total of 170 residents were affected by the evacuation.