Squeri v. McCarrick

In this landlord-tenant dispute in the Housing Court, the plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging, among other things, wrongful eviction from their apartment in violation of G. L. c. 186, § 14, conversion, and negligence. Their complaint was amended to add a count under G. L. c. 93A. All counts were tried to a jury on special questions. The jury found for the plaintiffs on each claim, awarding them $38,800 in damages under the conversion theory, $122,000 under the negligence theory, thereafter reduced by thirty-five percent for the plaintiffs’ negligence, $122,000 under each of the wrongful…