Tristan’s Landlord-Tenant Law Blog
Call us: (414) 276-2850
Tristan’s Landlord-Tenant Law Blog
Archive of: Tenant Damage
Page 2 of 2. Go to first page
Oral Arguments On Important Landlord Case To Be Heard on January 6, 2010
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Caselaw, Tenant Damage, AASEW / Comments
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case of Maryland Arms L.P. v. Connell on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. This is a very important case for landlords as the decision will affect a landlord's ability to contract with his/her tenant.You can learn what the case is about by reviewing my earlier posts from May 28, 2009 and October 15, 2009.Oral arguments will be streamed at ...
Read MoreWHY ARE THE "BAD LANDLORDS" THE ONLY ONES WE EVER HEAR ABOUT?
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Tenant Damage, Collections / Comments
I was catching up on some long overdue blog reading this weekend and I came across a great blog post that I thought was very timely. I asked the author is I could re-post his thoughts and he agreed. The author of the post is Bill Gray who runs Rent Recovery Service, a company that assists landlords with collecting past due rent and damage charges from ex-tenants. I was fortunate enough ...
Read MoreSUING AN EX-TENANT FOR PAST DUE RENT: What Factors To Consider
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Tenant Damage, Credit Checks, Collections, Rental Documents / Comments
Your tenant has already vacated your rental unit - so there is no need to file an eviction action -- but they left owing you money. Is it worth your time and effort to sue them in order to obtain a money judgment? This is probably the third most frequently asked question that I receive when talking to landlords (the first two most asked questions in case you are curious ...
Read MoreCOURT OF APPEALS SAYS TENANT NOT LIABLE FOR FIRE DAMAGE
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Caselaw, Tenant Damage / Comments
The court of appeals recently released its decision in the case of Maryland Arms Limited Partnership v. Connell. This decision has been reccomended for publication. The issue in this lawsuit was whether the landlord or the tenant should be liable for damage to an apartment unit when the damage was not caused by the negligence of either the landlord or tenant. The Court of Appeals held that it is ...
Read More
