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NOTICE: All slip opinions and orders are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. If you find a typographical error or other formal error, please notify the Reporter of Continue reading Frechette vs D’Andrea (indigent tenants can have their appeal fees waived but they must continue paying rent)
I am not a fan of housing court judge Robert Fields. My opinion of him is that he is one of the most anti-landlord judges in the state but apparently he is not anti-landlord enough for most judges in the Continue reading 2023 Ferreira v. Charland (landlords can no longer dare evict anyone for no-fault – all it takes is a tenant just to show that the landlord violated some law, any law, no need to prove they were owed any money)
2022 VERMONT MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY vs. PAUL POIRIER (Insurance Does Not Have to Pay Attorney Fees Under 93A) Continue reading 2022 VERMONT MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY vs. PAUL POIRIER (Insurance Does Not Have to Pay Attorney Fees Under 93A)
Morse vs Ortiz-Vazquez (tenants can file Answers late and delay hearings without any negative consequences to them plus they can still file Affirmative Defenses) NOTICE: All slip opinions and orders are subject to formal revision and are superseded by Continue reading 2021 Morse vs Ortiz-Vazquez (tenants can file Answers late and delay hearings without any negative consequences to them plus they can still file Affirmative Defenses)
Navarro vs Burgess (for lead paint tenants can sue only landlords not inspectors, paint companies, deleaders, etc) NOTICE: All slip opinions and orders are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Continue reading 2021 Navarro vs Burgess (for lead paint tenants can sue only landlords not inspectors, paint companies, deleaders, etc)
NOTICE: All slip opinions and orders are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. If you find a typographical error or other formal error, please notify the Reporter of Continue reading 2021 VICTOR CREATINI vs. MARK McHUGH (Landlords not responsible for injuries by tenant’s dog)
MY COMMENTS: I am not a fan of looting but I guess it has its place. Last week the “conservatives” on the SCOTUS decided to give something to the crowd by stating being gay is not a reason to get Continue reading 2020 Goreham v Martins (no personal injury damages under warranty of habitability when landlords fail to keep common areas reasonably free of snow and ice)
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS AND FORECLOSURES DURING THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY. Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purposes, which are to establish forthwith a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the governor’s Continue reading MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS AND FORECLOSURES LAW DURING THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY.
NOTICE: All slip opinions and orders are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. If you find a typographical error or other formal error, please notify the Reporter of Continue reading 2019 TIMOTHY CREAMER vs. ARBELLA INSURANCE (Insurance companies can be liable for the hazardous waste even after the building sold.)
MY COMMENT/SUMMARY: The current law stands – “individual whose property is injured by neighbor’s healthy tree has no cause of action against landowner of property upon which tree lies” however you are authorized to cut back overhanging branches and intruding Continue reading MARY SHIEL vs. JOHN ROWELL (you can cut branches if they overhang your property)