LYLE v. MANGAR

Docket: Yor-11-320.

36 A.3d 867 (2011)

2011 ME 129

Robert LYLE et al. v. Donna Michele MANGAR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: December 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur H. Dumas, Esq. , Arthur H. Dumas, P.A., Sanford, for appellants Robert and Sandra Lyle.

Scott D. Giese, Esq. , Law Office of Scott D. Giese, Biddeford, for appellee Donna Michele Mangar.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.


SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] In this case, we are asked to interpret the statutes that govern security deposits on residential rental units, 14 M.R.S. §§ 6031-6039 (2010), for the purpose of answering two questions: (1) may a landlord proceed on a claim to recover unpaid rent without first returning a tenant's security deposit or providing a timely written statement of the reasons for retaining it, see id. § 6033, and (2) does the failure to provide...

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