Legal Opinion
Darmetko v. Boston Housing Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 14, 1979PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This appeal by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) challenges the amount of damages awarded to the plaintiff as a consequence of certain defects in premises she leased from the BHA and further challenges the fact of, and the amount of, the award of attorney’s fees to the plaintiffs counsel, the Boston University Legal Aid Program. We agree that a judge of the Housing Court of the City of Boston improperly determined the damages to which the plaintiff was entitled. An award of counsel fees to the Boston University Legal Aid Program was proper, but we remand the case for reconsideration of the…
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