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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Haddad v. Gonzalez, 576 N.E.2d 658 (1991)

Citation
Haddad v. Gonzalez, 576 N.E.2d 658 (1991)
Parent Document
Haddad v. Gonzalez, 576 N.E.2d 658 (1991)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1991-08-12

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The judge applied the correct measure of damages. Cases discussing the measure of damages for breach of the common law warranty of habitability hold that the tenant’s damages are to be measured by the difference between the value of the dwelling as warranted (the agreed rent may be used as some evidence of this value) and the value of the dwelling unit as it exists in its defective condition.12 See, e.g., Boston Housing Auth. v. Hemingway, 363 Mass. 184, 203 (1973); Darmetko v. Boston Housing Auth., 378 Mass. 758, 761 n.4 (1979); Wolfberg v. Hunter, supra at 399; McKenna v. Begin, 3 Mass. App. Ct. 168, 170-171 (1975).