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MELLOR v. BERMAN

390 Mass. 275 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 907

BRYAN M. MELLOR & others vs. CAROL M. BERMAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

October 3, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. West for the defendant.

Mark T. Flahive for the plaintiffs.

William H. Abrashkin & James F. Donnelly, for Massachusetts Tenants Organization & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LIACOS, J.

This report by a judge of the Hampden County Division of the Housing Court Department raises questions as to the scope of a landlord's liability to a tenant for improper retention of a security deposit. See G.L.c. 186, § 15B (7), as appearing in St. 1978, c. 553, § 2.

The facts are summarized as follows. The plaintiffs (tenants) leased residential property from the defendant (lessor) from June...

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