Hilary Krawczyk v. Livaditis

Plaintiffs Hilary and Elizabeth Krawczyk, and appellant Berton N. Ring, EC., appeal an order of the circuit court of Cook County awarding plaintiffs $4,200 in damages for defendant Tom Livaditis’s breach of a lease and violations of the Chicago Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (Chicago Municipal Code §§ 5 — 12—080, 5 — 12—100 (amended November 6, 1991)) (RLTO), arguing that the trial court: (1) improperly merged the damages from the contract claim with those for multiple violations of section 5 — 12—080 and a violation of section 5 — 12—100; (2) abused its discretion in reducing the…