W.W.G. Corp. v. Hughes

Opinion by

Judge VOGT.

In this landlord-tenant dispute, plaintiff, W.W.G. Corporation, d/b/a Cedar Run Apartments (landlord), appeals from an order precluding it from evicting defendant, Barbara Hughes (tenant), , from her apartment. Landlord contends that the trial court erred in adopting the common-law doctrine of retaliatory eviction as a defense to an unlawful detainer action, and in applying it to preclude eviction of the tenant in this case. We reverse and remand with directions.

Tenant leased an apartment from landlord under a series of lease agreements from 1990 to 1995. In late 1994,…