San Francisco, CA
Landlord or tenant Lawyer at San Francisco, CA
Practice Areas: Landlord & Tenant
OUTCOME: $190,000 awarded to tenant
$190,000 recovered in action brought against landlord who terminated the tenants’ lease without just cause, as required by the San Francisco Rent Ordinance. Tenants were forced to move out and suffere ... d high rent-differential damages.
OUTCOME: $225,000 awarded to tenants
$225,000 recovered in action brought against landlord who failed to maintain an SRO building in San Francisco where individual rooms were rented out with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. The fi ... ve plaintiffs suffered from collapsed ceilings, no heat, mice, bedbugs, filthy common area bathrooms and kitchen, and an unsecured building that led to frequent trespassing by homeless persons and drug-addicts.
OUTCOME: $384,905 awarded to tenants
$384,905 recovered in action brought against landlord and property managers who failed to maintain a San Joaquin County mobile home park in habitable condition. Seven park residents suffered with thir ... d-world conditions for years as the landlords failed to remedy numerous violations issued by the State. Habitability and security issues included squatters living in tents and abandoned vehicles, heaps of trash and debris throughout the park, vandalized electrical and gas facilities, sewage leaks, and lack of natural gas for eight months, which left some of the tenants without hot water, stoves, or heat.
OUTCOME: $134,000 awarded to tenant
$134,000 awarded by jury to a couple who were harassed by a nuisance neighbor. Trash accumulated on the property, and there was a rodent problem. Defendants also promised to landscape the yard, but d ... id not. Plaintiffs were forced to vacate from their apartment of three years because of problems with the nuisance neighbor. Defendants offered $20,000 for a dismissal before trial. The jury unanimously found against landlord on all causes of action.
OUTCOME: $400,000 awarded to tenant
$400,000 recovered in action brought against a landlord in San Francisco who failed to make repairs and abate several Notices of Violation issued by the City. Instead, the landlord harassed the tenant ... s in attempts to force them to leave the rent-controlled unit they occupied for three decades. As a result of the landlord’s failure to repair, one of the tenants fell and suffered serious personal injuries requiring hospitalization.