Crowley v. Frazier

DUGGAN, j.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Sharon Frazier (landlord), from a decision by the Plymouth District Court {Kent, J.) awarding damages of $8,000 to the plaintiffs, William and Deborah Crowley (tenants), based upon the landlord’s violation of RSA chapter 540-A (1997). We reverse.

In December 1999, the tenants filed a “Petition Under RSA 540-A:4” on a form provided by. the district court. In a section of the form that states: “I complain that I am in immediate threat of irreparable harm because,” the tenants wrote: “My landlord is in violation of the warranty of habitability…