APPELLATE AND SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT CASES
2022 VERMONT MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY vs. PAUL POIRIER (Insurance Does Not Have to Pay Attorney Fees Under 93A)
2021 VICTOR CREATINI vs. MARK McHUGH (Landlords not responsible for injuries by tenant’s dog)
2019 RUTH ADJARTEY & vs. CENTRAL DIVISION OF THE HOUSING COURT DEPARTMENT
2018 Cambridge Street Realty vs Melinda Stewart
2018 Almeida vs Pinto (not pulling a permit a breach of duty but not a cause to the injury)
2018 MARY SHIEL vs. JOHN ROWELL (you can cut branches if they overhang your property)
2017 Mac’s Homeowners Association vs Gebo (93A)
2017 SOUTH BOSTON ELDERLY RESIDENCES, INC. vs. GERALD MOYNAHAN.
2016 Halbach vs Normandy Real Estate (Landlords not responsible for sidewalk injuries)
2016 Clark vs Treasure Woods Estates (max of one triple rent award per lawsuit about Quiet Enjoyment)
2014 Karaa vs Yim (Security Deposit, Last Month Interest and NO 93A without proof of actual injury
2014 Kiely v Teradyne (no actual damages = no punituve damages and no attorney fees)
2014 Patterson vs. Christ Church of the City of Boston (not all building Code violations are 93A)
2013 Flagg v Alimed (what is associational discrimination?)
2013 Cleber Coleta DOS SANTOS vs Maria A. COLETA (Landlord must fix even open and obvious dangers)
2012 Taylor v Beaudry (Security Deposits)
2010 Norfold & Dedham v Morrison (tenants can carry our insurance)
2010 Hug v Gargano (tripling of 93A)
2010 Fronk v Fowler (frivolous claims)
2010 Papadopoulos v Target Corp (Natural Accumulation of Snow)
2009 Dolores v Gustafson (Security Deposits)
2008 Varney vs WMF (corporations must be represented by lawyers except in small claims)
2008 Iannacchino v Ford Motor (ongoing risk of injury could be 93A)
2004 Stonehill College v MCAD (emotional distress)
2004 Lord v Commercial Union Insurance (93A requires an actual injury)
2000 Commonwealth v Chatham (charging sheriff’s fee is illegal)
1987 Ianello v Court Management Corporation (damages limited to 3 rents)
1986 Castenholz v Caira (Security Deposit)
1984 Leardi v Brown (no actual injury required under 93A)
1983 Nei v Burley (no right to a jury under 93A)
1983 Mellor v Berman (good faith irrelevant to security deposit withholding)
1982 Simon v Solomon (emotional distress, quiet enjoyment)
1979 Darmetko v Boston Housing Authority (double damages illegal, student lawyers get paid)
1979 Berman v Jefferson (rent witholding and warranty of habitability)
1975 McKenna v Begin (breach of warranty of habitabilty, rent withholding)
1973 Boston Housing Authority v Hemingway (Breach of Warranty of Habitability)
ATTORNEY GENERAL
2014 and beyond AG Press Releases Link
2013, 2nd half, Attorney General Press Releases
2013, first half, Attorney General Press Releases
2012 Attorney General Press Releases
2011 Attorney General Press Releases
2009 – 2010 Press Releases by the Attorney General of MA
BUILDING BOARD
Decisions of the Building Board
FEDERAL COURT
2014 Paul Linder v Boston Fair Housing Commission
2011 Hermida v Archstone (illegal fees)
2010 Zimmerman v Puccio (corporate veil)
2007 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary v QLT (right to a jury under 93A)
1985 Wallace Motor v. American Motor (93A)
HOUSING COURT
Housing Court Judge DINA FEIN, any cases after 2008
Housing Court Judge JEFFREY M. WINIK, cases from 2013 to mid-2014
Housing Court Judge TIMOTHY F. SULLIVAN, cases from 2013 to mid-2014
Housing Court Judge MARYLOU MUIRHEAD, cases from 2013 to mid-2014
Housing Court Judge DAVID KERMAN, cases from 2013 to mid-2014
Housing Court Judge DIANA HORAN, cases from 2013 to mid-2014
Housing Court Judge Robert Fields, cases from 2013 to mid-2014
Housing Court Judge WILBUR P. EDWARDS, JR., cases from 2013 to mid-2014
Housing Court Judge ANNE KENNEY CHAPLIN, cases from 2013 to mid-2014
Housing Court Cases – Judge Timothy Sullivan, Worcester Division (cases 2007-2009)
Housing Court Cases – Judge Jeffrey Winik, Boston Division (cases 2007-2009)
Housing Court Cases – Judge Wilbur Edwards, Boston Division (cases 2007-2009)
Housing Court Cases – Judge Diana Horan, Worcester Division (cases 2007-2009)
Housing Court Cases – Judge Robert Fields, Western Division (cases 2007-2009)
Housing Court Cases – Judge Dina Fein, Western Division (2004-2008)
Housing Court Cases – Judge David Kerman, Northeast Division (2007-2009)
Housing Court Cases – Judge Anne Chaplin, Southwestern Division (2007-2009)
2010 Rice v Apazidis (prospective tenant injuries)
2008 Tracy v Norve (right to a jury under 93A)
LEGISLATIVE LAW
https://massachusettslandlords.com/moratorium-on-evictions/
MGL 109A (Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act), (piercing of corporate veil)
MGL 111, sec 127L (repair and deduct)
MGL 139, sec 19 (speedy eviction)
MGL 151B, section 4 (Discrimination)
MGL 152 (Workers Compensation)
MGL 186, sec 14 (quiet enjoyment)
MGL 186, 15B (security deposit and last month)
MGL 186, sec 19 (tenant must notify us in writing about unsafe conditions)
MGL 186, sec 20 (attorney fees in lease)
MGL 186, sec 22 (water submetering)
MGL 231, 6F and 6G (bad-faith, frivolous lawsuits)
MGL 239, sec 4 (physical evictions law)
MGL 239, 8A (Rent Withholding)
MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
REGULATIONS
105 CMR 410.00 (Sanitary Code)
950 CMR 112.00: M.G.L. c. 156C (LLC)
527 CMR (Electrical and Fire Codes), 527 CMR 31 (Carbon Monoxide Detectors), 527 CMR 32 (Smoke Detectors)
780 CMR (Building Code)
TAX BOARD
2013 and beyond Link