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2. Landlord harassment - Wikipedia

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   Nor can the landlord lock out the tenant or remove him/her from their apartment without going through the proper court procedure. The tenant can ask the court to issue a restraining order, file a criminal complaint against the landlord, or sue him/her for money damages and attorney's fees. Because of these options for recourse, it may be to the ...

3. South Bend landlord owes damages to 2 tenants. One lost ... - AOL

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   SOUTH BEND — A local landlord with a history of legal trouble recently lost judgments in separate cases awarding more than $1.1 million in damages to two tenants, one of whom was allegedly ...

4. Mitigation (law) - Wikipedia

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   For example, consider a tenant who signs an agreement to rent a house for a year, but moves out (and stops paying rent) after only one month. The landlord may be able to sue the tenant for breach of contract: however, the landlord must mitigate damages by making a reasonable attempt to find a replacement tenant for the remainder of the year.

5. Intentional infliction of emotional distress - Wikipedia

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   Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) [1] is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for severe emotional distress caused by another individual who intentionally or recklessly inflicted emotional distress by behaving in an "extreme and outrageous" way. [2]

6. Judge, jury add damages for SC landlord who secretly ... - AOL

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   Plaintiff attorney Deborah Barbier told the jury that the purpose of punitive damages is to punish, deter similar bad conduct and to send a message. The jury responded with a $10 million message.

7. Tortious interference - Wikipedia

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   Tortious interference of business – When false claims and accusations are made against a business or an individual's reputation in order to drive business away. Tortious interference of contract – When an individual uses "tort" (a wrongful act) to come between two parties' mutual contract.

8. American rule (property) - Wikipedia

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   In property law, the American rule of possession states that a landlord is obligated only to deliver legal possession, but not actual possession, of a leased premises to a tenant. Thus, if a tenant arrives at a leased premises only to discover that it is still inhabited by a previous tenant who is holding over, or by squatters, it is the tenant ...

9. English tort law - Wikipedia

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   For example, an assault is both a crime and a tort (a form of trespass to the person). A tort allows a person, usually the victim, to obtain a remedy that serves their own purposes (for example by the payment of damages to a person injured in a car accident, or the obtaining of injunctive relief to stop a person interfering with their business ...