JONES v. COST MANAGEMENT, INC.

Docket No. Cum-13-180.

88 A.3d 147 (2014)

2014 ME 41

Edwina JONES v. COST MANAGEMENT, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: March 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Van Baars, Esq. , Windham, on the briefs, for appellant Edwina Jones.

Peter J. Cyr, Esq. , Law Offices of Peter J. Cyr, Portland, on the briefs, for appellee Cost Management, Inc.

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


SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] We are asked here to decide whether the District Court (Portland, Mulhern, J.) erred in determining that Cost Management, Inc., a landlord, overcame the presumption that it wrongfully withheld a security deposit such that Edwina Jones, its tenant, is not entitled to court costs, double damages, and attorney fees under the wrongful-retention statute. See 14 M.R.S. §§ 6033(2)-(3), 6034(1)-(2) (2013). Jones appeals from...

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