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(ii) a statement that it is unlawful to retaliate against an employee for filing a complaint of sexual harassment or for cooperating in an investigation of a complaint for sexual harassment; (iii) a description and examples of sexual harassment;
...or household member, or seek reimbursement for additional costs incurred, if the owner believes that the locks were not of equal or better quality or were not installed properly, and such action shall be deemed not to be in retaliation.
...who terminates or denies a rental subsidy to a remaining tenant, co-tenant or household member, or takes any other action under this section, shall not be subject to a claim of retaliation or any other claim under this chapter.
action was retaliation for appealing the first summary process action. Under G. L. c. 239, § 2A, the tenant enjoys a rebuttable presumption of unlawful retaliation that can be
(5) retaliation, see G. L. c. 239, § 2A (where landlord initiates summary process *320in retaliation for tenant's lawful actions, tenant can assert defense); G. L. c. 186, § 18 (where landlord or landlord's agent retaliates against tenant for tenant...
retaliation, asserting that she "is entitled to a presumption of
for successfully prosecuting his claim for retaliation pursuant
retaliation, however, there still would need to be clear and
retaliation because Plaintiff caused service of the Notice to Quit and filed the instant action within six months of
did not err in denying relief on the tenants' counterclaim for retaliation.
[2] The landlord points to a comment the judge made during trial that he would "allow the defense" to argue that the judge did consider the tenants' retaliation defense. However, regardless of what the judge said during trial, his final...
c. 186, § 18. We remand the retaliation issue to the trial judge for a determination of appropriate damages.14
findings are clearly erroneous. Where a tenant has shown that a landlord acted in retaliation, he is entitled to statutory
The plaintiffs' complaint also alleges retaliation under G. L. c. 239, § 2A. On appeal, it appears that the plaintiffs are not contesting the dismissal of their retaliation claims under that statute. Nevertheless, the judge properly dismissed those claims because the...
retaliating against tenants for engaging in certain protected
2. Retaliation. Moynahan claimed that the landlord sought
retaliation. See G. L. c. 186, § 18 (creating an affirmative
14 Moynahan also contends that the December, 2012, notice to quit was served in retaliation for his ventilation complaint. However, he has not articulated why he would have been entitled to the presumption of retaliation set forth in G. L...
presumption that it acted in retaliation. See G. L. c. 186,
violation. In any event, the hypothetical possibility that a tenant might raise a retaliation defense does not permit us to depart from Meikle or disregard the language and purpose of § 8A. 23