section 1942

Citation: section 1942
Parent Document: Rich v. Schwab, 63 Cal. App. 4th 803 (1998)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 1998-04-30
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2252453/rich-v-schwab/ ↗

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By its terms, section 1942.5, subdivision (f)(2), does not require that a tenant move or be evicted to collect punitive damages. All the face of the statute requires is that a plaintiff be the victim of a retaliatory act in violation of section 1942.5. Importantly, “[s]ection 1942.5 is a remedial statute aimed at protecting tenants from certain types of abuses. It is to be ‘liberally construed to effect its objectives and to suppress, not encourage, the mischief at which it was directed. [Citation.]’ [Citation.]” (Barela, supra,