Johnson v. Wheeler

The Concord District Court (Rappa, J.) awarded $12,000 to the plaintiff, Mark Johnson, for violations of RSA chapter 540-A (1997). The defendants, Wayne Wheeler and Donald Jones, do not dispute that they violated the specific provisions of the landlord-tenant act; rather, they argue the district court erred in its damage award. We affirm.

The following facts are uncontested on appeal. The defendants are both “landlords,” in that they own and/or manage The Whitfield House on Pleasant Street in Concord. See RSA 540-A:l, I. The *595Whitfield House is a rooming house where the plaintiff had lived for…