Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Citation
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Parent Document
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts (state)
- Effective Date
- 1994-05-12
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- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
- Cruz Management Co. v. Thomas, 417 Mass. 782 (1994)
Full Text
1,204 charsDecisions from this court and from the Appeals Court clearly support the imposition of civil liability under § 14 in circumstances like those present in this case. In Ianello v. Court Management Corp., 400 Mass. 321, 323 (1987), it was said that a landlord violates § 14 when his acts or omissions impair the value of the leased premises. See also Blackett v. Olanoff, 371 Mass. 714, 718 (1977) (addressing breach of covenant of quiet enjoyment at common law; declining to perpetuate distinction, for purposes of imposing liability, between malfeasance and nonfeasance). A landlord’s failure to repair defects of which he has notice in leased premises is an omission which frequently has been deemed to violate § 14. See Simon v. Solomon, supra at 103 (failure to control floods in tenant’s apartment); Darmetko v. Boston Hous. Auth., 378 Mass. 758, 761 (1979) (failure to repair leaky roof); Dorgan v. Loukas, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 959, 960 (1985) (failure to bring apartment into habitable condition and to keep it so). A “landlord’s conduct, and not his intentions, is controlling,” Blackett v. Olanoff, supra at 716, on the ques*790tian whether there has been a breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment.