GOLT v. PHILLIPS

No. 86, September Term, 1985.

308 Md. 1 (1986)

517 A.2d 328

JOHN GOLT v. RICHARD PHILLIPS, WAYNE PHILLIPS, PHILLIPS BROTHERS & ASSOCIATES, AND WAYNE PHILLIPS ASSOCIATES.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A. Samuels (Mary W. Coffay, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Fraeda B. Jacobson (Theodore A. Cavacos, on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH, McAULIFFE and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., (retired, Specially Assigned) JJ.


COLE, Judge.

Certiorari was granted in this case to resolve three issues: (1) whether the leasing of an unlicensed dwelling unit constitutes an unfair or deceptive act under Maryland's Consumer Protection Act (CPA); (2) whether the trial judge abused his discretion in allowing a landlord's incurred liability to constitute actual damages that could be withheld from a tenant's security deposit; and (3) whether the trial judge abused his discretion in not awarding treble...

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