Boston, MA
Personal injury Lawyer at Boston, MA
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
Plaintiff filed a Summary Process claim against my client. After researching the LLC, I found that it did not exist. The Notice to Quit was invalid and the previous lease was invalid. Case was dismisse ... d.
OUTCOME: Judgment for Plaintiff
Client was in the market to purchase a car and went to a dealer who had an auction license. The dealer's employee requested a check made out to the auction immediately and purchased a vehicle for my cl ... ient. The dealer claimed the automobile needed minor repairs and the automobile would be released to my client within 7 days. This never happened. My client paid the dealer for the repairs and the parts and was about to contact the police. The dealer agreed to give my client her money back in writing. However, this never happened. The dealer continued on with their unfair and deceptive acts. The court found the Defendants liable for double damages, court cost, and attorney's fees.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Client was being evicted for non-payment of rent. Client withheld rent, with notice to Plaintiff, for the bad condition caused by the flooding of the condo-unit. Client had several counterclaims due to ... the bad conditions and unfair and deceptive acts of the Plaintiff. Plaintiff waived outstanding rental payments, allowed client to reside through the end of June and paid an undisclosed settlement figure
OUTCOME: Settlement
Claims for unfair and deceptive acts, overpayment of rent for several years, emotional distress and bad living conditions were settled by Defendant and his insurance company.
OUTCOME: Judgment for Plaintiff
Defendants moved out of their apartment in the middle of the night and caused damage to the unit and failed to pay rent/utilities until the apartment was re-rented. Client pursued Defendants through a ... civil complaint and obtained a default Judgment. Defendants filed a Motion to Vacate the Default and the court allowed. Defendants failed to conduct discovery and was compelled to answer Client's discovery. Defendants failed to appear at the bench trial and the court entered Judgment and awarded attorneys fee. Defendants filed another motion to vacate the Default Judgment and the court denied and added an additional $800.00 in attorneys fee.
OUTCOME: Judgment for Plaintiff and Payment Order
Client paid a security deposit of $1,300.00 back in October of 2009 and the lease called for rental payments to be at $1,000.00 per month. Defendant violated the security deposit law by requesting an a ... mount for security greater than the rental payment. In addition, Defendant failed to complete a statement of conditions, failed to put funds in an interest bearing escrow account, failed to give notice of any deposits of the security deposit, failed to pay interest each year. When client moved out, defendant failed to pay the security deposit within 30 days and failed to give a breakdown of any damage to the apartment. Defendant filed two counterclaims in this action, which were improper. Counterclaims were dismissed by Defendant and Judgment entered in favor of the Plaintiff.
OUTCOME: Judgment for Plaintiff for Possession and Rent; Dismissal of all counterclaims
Our firm represented a Landlord in a case to evict a Tenant that stopped paying rent. We served the Notice to Quit for Non-Payment of Rent and the Tenant hired an Attorney that filed several frivolous ... counterclaims. One of the counterclaims involved failure to pay wages!? We fought back. Abusing the laws that are meant to protect tenants are what makes our system broken. Landlord succeeded in his request for possession and rent. All counterclaims were dismissed.
OUTCOME: Complaint Dismissed, Counterclaims transferred to civil docket.
Client had complained about bad conditions in her apartment for 4 years. After sending two letters to the property owner, the property owner decided to raise my client's rent and terminate her tenancy. ... My client was not served the Notice to Quit on the date that was listed and the Notice to Quit had the incorrect name and amount. Landlord filed Summary Process and attached a Notice to Quit that was not served on my client with her correct name, address and amount. Landlord presented sworn affidavits to the court stating that the attached Notice to Quit was served. Landlord stated in discovery response that the Notice to Quit was served. However, at court, the Judge questioned the two different documents and the property manager said he was overwhelmed and didn't make copies of the Notice to Quits that were served and that he did his best to recreate the document to attach to the complaint. Client reached out to the board of health, the mayors office, Senator John Kerry's office, and the responses were not helpful. It was not until my client called the fire department to complain about fire safety issue, and the fire department made a quick inspection of inside my clients house and found the bad conditions and demanded that the board of health inspect the property. An inspection was finally done and violations were issued. Counterclaims were transferred to the civil docket and Summary Process complaint was dismissed.
OUTCOME: Judgment for Plaintiff
Client sent a request for her security deposit be returned after moving out. Defendant failed to return the security deposit within 30 days. Defendant returned the security deposit 38 days after my cli ... ent moved out. Defendant deducted the full value of a shade and carpet. The shade was 6 years old and the carpet was 5 years old, but Defendant deducted the full amount. Defendant did not do a statement of conditions at the start or ending of the tenancy. Defendant failed to put the security deposit in a separate, interest bearing escrow account. Defendant failed to give a receipt for the security deposit. My client was awarded treble damages, cost and attorney fees.
OUTCOME: Judgment for Plaintiff
My client's deceased husband entered into a written agreement for the sale of his taxi company to Defendant. Defendant paid my client over several years, until my client's husband died. Defendant made ... two payments to my client after the husband's death, reaffirming the agreement on the receipt and sent a itemized payment history to reflect the current balance. Defendant decided to stop paying on the agreement. Defendant filed an answer, stating the my client's husband is dead and he doesn't want to pay. My firm filed a Motion for Summary Judgment. My client obtained a Judgment for the full amount of the contract, plus cost and fees.
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