Geraghty v. Shalizi

Opinion

BANKE, J.

—Plaintiff and former tenant Brian Geraghty seeks to undo the deal he made with his former landlord, defendant Joseph Shalizi. Shalizi, as the new owner of a four-unit apartment building in San Francisco, could have evicted Geraghty and moved into Geraghty’s unit under the owner move-in provisions of San Francisco’s rent ordinance. Instead, the two reached an agreement whereby Shalizi would pay $25,000 to Geraghty, and Geraghty, in turn, would vacate the apartment and refrain from suing Shalizi for any claim related to the unit, including any claim under the rent ordinance and…