Delois v. Barrett Block Partners

Opinion

HAERLE, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 2006, a dispute arose between plaintiff John Delois, then a tenant of defendants’ in a “live/work” space on Harrison Street in San Francisco, and defendants. The dispute, described in more detail below, was purportedly resolved by a written agreement between the parties. But various and sundry factors led to alleged breaches of that agreement; in any event, plaintiff did not vacate the premises on the date agreed upon in the settlement agreement and, as a result, defendants did not forgive the past due rent or return the security deposit as they would have…