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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

section 1942

Citation
section 1942
Parent Document
Rich v. Schwab, 63 Cal. App. 4th 803 (1998)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1998-04-30

Full Text

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30 Cal.3d at p. 251.) Given the remedial nature of the relief provided by section 1942.5, it is difficult to imply in the law any requirement that tenants move as a prerequisite to an award of punitive damages. Indeed such an implied condition would not act as the complete deterrent to retaliatory conduct the Legislature obviously intended in creating the statutory penalty. *818