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improper termination, insufficient notice to quit, retaliation, and breach of the warranty of habitability. After a two-day bench trial, the judge found for Meikle on
retaliation. Accordingly, the mother may intervene on behalf of the children on this basis as well. 3. Conclusion. It perhaps goes without saying that
O'Connor v. Kadrmas (citation pending) Date filed: 2019-10-18 Doctrine: retaliation Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4671128/oconnor-v-kadrmas/ --- 010combined ---
Here, the judge awarded Stella three months' rent upon concluding that Lindquist retaliated against him for reporting code violations to the city. The retaliation, the judge found, took three forms: (1) raising Stella's rent, (2) serving an eviction notice...
the statutory presumption that its efforts to evict Moynahan were in retaliation for his reporting the sanitary code
20Justice Ditkoff notes that in the second summary process action, the tenant has raised retaliation as a defense for the tenant's prevailing on her § 8A defense in the first action. See post at (Ditkoff, J., dissenting). It is difficult...
On Gonzalez’s counterclaim alleging retaliation in violation of G. L. c. 186, § 18, the judge found that Haddad’s *859attempt to evict Gonzalez was motivated solely by a desire to retaliate against her for her efforts to get him...
On Gonzalez's counterclaim alleging retaliation in violation of G.L.c. 186, § 18, the judge found that Haddad's *859 attempt to evict Gonzalez was motivated solely by a desire to retaliate against her for her efforts to get...
...A tenant is entitled to a rebuttable presumption of retaliation if his landlord takes certain actions within six months of the tenant's engaging in protected activities. See South Boston Elderly Residences, 91 Mass. App. Ct. at 468. A landlord...
to evict him from unit 13 in retaliation for his bringing the code violations to the attention of ISD. Two similar but
Discussion. Coffey asserts that the judge erred by concluding that the statutory defense of retaliation was not available in this for-cause eviction. We agree.
improper termination, insufficient notice to quit, retaliation, and breach of the warranty of habitability. After a two-day bench trial, the judge found for Meikle on
...186 retaliation claims was the value of "three month's rent," $ 8,190. Consequently, the judge dismissed those claims for failing to meet the monetary threshold required for actions brought in the Superior Court. See G. L. c. 212, §§ 3...
...The plaintiffs maintain that the judge erroneously dismissed their retaliation claims under G. L. c. 186, § 18 (c. 186 retaliation claims), because their complaint sufficiently alleged "reprisal" and "constructive eviction" by Bell following the plaintiffs' reports to the board of...
Larrabee v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (citation pending) Date filed: 2019-11-19 Doctrine: retaliation Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4679938/larrabee-v-massachusetts-commission-against-discrimination/ --- 010combined ---
...Finally, we conclude that the Housing Court judge correctly rejected the tenants' claim that the landlord's summary process action was brought in retaliation for their complaints about the condition of the premises. See G. L. c. 186, § 18; G...
[4] The statute uses the term "reprisal" while much of the case law uses "retaliation." Interpreting the terms to mean the same thing in this context, we use them interchangeably.
habitability and warranted rent abatement damages; whether the landlord's conduct violated c. 93A or statutes prohibiting retaliation by landlords, see G. L. c. 186, § 18, and G. L.
Commonwealth v. Alves 122 N.E.3d 1101 Date filed: 2019-01-25 Doctrine: retaliation Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7178572/commonwealth-v-alves/ --- 020lead ---
Crabtree v. Castinetti 122 N.E.3d 1100 Date filed: 2019-01-18 Doctrine: retaliation Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7178545/crabtree-v-castinetti/ --- 020lead ---