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Korens v. R. W. Zukin Corp., 212 Cal. App. 3d 1054 (1989)

Citation
Korens v. R. W. Zukin Corp., 212 Cal. App. 3d 1054 (1989)
Parent Document
Korens v. R. W. Zukin Corp., 212 Cal. App. 3d 1054 (1989)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1989-08-02

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From 1971 until 1986 appellant Bess Korens (Korens) rented and occupied an apartment which was managed by respondent R.W. Zukin Corporation (Zukin) and owned by respondent Beach Park Associates (Beach Park). At the time the apartment was first rented in 1971, Korens and her husband, now deceased, paid to Zukin a security deposit of $152, pursuant to a written lease agreement. That agreement is silent on the question of whether interest is to be paid by Zukin upon the security deposit. When Korens moved to another address in 1986, Zukin refused to pay any interest on the security deposit. Korens brought this action as the representative of a purported class of former renters in Zukin-managed properties, alleging that the failure to pay interest on security deposits constituted: (1) an unfair business practice, (2) a breach of an implied term in the rental contract, (3) a “[t]ortious [b]reach of [cjontract” and breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and (4) fraud. Korens also sought an accounting. The complaint sought “compensatory” and “general” damages, and punitive damages in the amount of $15 million.