Hilaly v. Allen

QUINN, J., Appellate Division *17INTRODUCTION

This unlawful detainer appeal presents three issues. First, under the Ellis Act may an eligible elderly or disabled tenant defeat an owner's demand for possession of a residential rental unit by showing that the owner changed a term of the tenancy during the notice period? Second, is a completed residential rental questionnaire of the type used in this case an "instrument" under Evidence Code section 622 such that the tenant is necessarily barred from asserting or proving facts arguably inconsistent with her questionnaire answers? Third, is the jury's…