Pettiford v. Next Gen. Trust Serv.

Latashia Pettiford v. Next Generation Trust Service, No. 34, September Term, 2019 LANDLORD-TENANT LAW – SUMMARY EJECTMENT PROCEEDING – CONSENT JUDGMENT – DEFENSE UNDER IMPLIED WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY – DEFENSE UNDER RENT ESCROW STATUTES – Court of Appeals concluded that tenant’s motion to dismiss was properly denied. Court of Appeals held that judgment entered by trial court was not consent judgment, and, as such, tenant was not required to object to its entry to preserve for appellate review issues concerning judgment and merits of case, but rather could simply appeal, as she did. Judgment…