LeBrun v. Cal-Am Properties, Inc.

This case arises from disputes between two tenants of a manufactured home park and their landlord, but the appeal largely concerns the attorneys and their fees. The tenants each sued defendants (landlord)1 for breach of a rental agreement and for unlawful entry under ORS 90.322, a provision of the Oregon Residential Landlord Tenant Act (ORLTA), ORS 90.100 to 90.875. Landlord counterclaimed against both tenants: Against Rudnick, it asserted that, under the terms of the rental agreement, she owed defendant fees for late payment of rent; against LeBrun, landlord sued in quantum meruit for the…