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Goodwin v. Franklin (2012)

Citation
Goodwin v. Franklin (2012)
Parent Document
Goodwin v. Franklin (2012)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2012-12-20
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4489763/goodwin-v-franklin/ ↗

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9 V.S.A. § 4458(a). “Actual notice” is defined as “written notice hand-delivered or
mailed to the last know address.” Id. § 4451(1). Punitive damages are also allowable.
Hilder, 144 Vt. at 161, 163. Punitive damages are available when the breach of the
Warranty of Habitability “is of such a willful and wanton . . . nature as to make
appropriate the award of exemplary damages.” Id. at 165 (concluding that punitive
damages are available where the landlord’s consistent disregard for tenant’s rights
“evince[d] a pattern of intentional conduct . . . for which the term ‘slumlord’ was surely
coined”).