JACOB SLATER & another v. TRAYNOR MANAGEMENT, INC., & another., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 705 (2022)

Citation: JACOB SLATER & another v. TRAYNOR MANAGEMENT, INC., & another., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 705 (2022)
Parent Document: JACOB SLATER & another v. TRAYNOR MANAGEMENT, INC., & another., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 705 (2022)
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date: 2022-09-16
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10271865/jacob-slater-another-v-traynor... ↗

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tenant's late receipt of the deposit due to circumstances beyond the landlord's control, would constitute a "return" of the deposit under the statute or otherwise protect the landlord from any part of the liability imposed by the statute. We adopt an approach similar to Taylor II, concluding that we need not resolve this question because, even if the answer is "yes," the landlord's efforts here were unreasonable as a matter of law. In particular, the landlord unreasonably failed to return the deposit to the tenants by mail, so the tenants' late receipt of the deposit was not due to circumstances beyond the landlord's control. Thus, the landlord is liable for violating the statute.

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