Berlinger v. Suburban Apartment Management Co.

This is an appeal from a decision by the Lyndhurst Municipal Court awarding plaintiff-appellant Gary R. Berlinger $20 against defendants-appellees Suburban Apartment Management Co. and Mentor Lagoons, Inc. (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “landlord” or as “appellee”).

Appellant was a tenant in an apartment building owned by the appellee. He had given his landlord a security deposit of $420. The lease between the parties provided in capital letters that appellant would not bring a motorcycle on the premises. In a separate document entitled “Disposition Advice,” 2 appellant signed…