Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Sarisky
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 7, 1988No. 86-258PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellee Sarisky brought this action for wrongful eviction against appellants Jack Robinson, Thomas Robinson, and William Robinson. Sarisky alleged that appellants, over a three-week period in April and May 1981, had locked him out of his home four times and had waged a campaign of malicious harassment to force him to move out. Appellants answered that they did not know the building was occupied and that they had properly taken possession of the property pursuant to a valid tax deed. After a trial before Judge Salzman, the jury awarded Sarisky $4,000 in compensatory…
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