Then these fuckers don’t answer the lawsuit at all. Then months later my buddy gets a check for the remainder of the deposit not taken for carpet, which is supposed to be returned within like 30 days. So they wrongfully withheld again after being sued for wrongful withholding just to be cute. And then I get to looking at the itemized fees and stuff and found out they were just charging a made up monthly fee too.

So I look up reviews online seeing if there’s a pattern of all this shit and I find all kinds of reviews saying the same shit from tenants all over the place in different apartments owned by the same company. So I amended the complaint they never answered and added punitives and now I’m going to make this the trial of the century hopefully because fuck these scheming landlords. Gonna get justice for the other tenants who couldn’t afford to sue.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49384927)

sounds like a grisham novel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49384953)

Amend to make it a class action with your buddy as the class rep.

This is legal advice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49384960)

It can be done but you need to frame it carefully.

Can’t allege that plaintiff had his security deposit withheld for carpet cleaning and that therefore all security deposit withholdings for all the renters are therefore illegal because it requires determinations of why the security deposit was withheld for each class member which is an individualized issue.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49388357)

1. Stick flyers on every car and under every door in the block/building

2. Find one tenant in each building who can help you recruit more

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49387890)

I assume landlords have each building in its own LLC but I'm sure with the power of xo's legal minds you can lump them all together and get million$$$$

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49385578)

Now if that other fee/ charge that was mentioned upthread applied to all tenants and was illegal that could be a class

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49385628)

and wtf is punitive damages for a contract dispute, i thought there's no punitives for contracts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49387816)

2. Because they added another count of wrongful withholding by sending the remainder months after the lawsuit

3. Because I discovered there’s a fraudulent fee

There are punitives on willful misconduct, malice, fraud, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49387973)

actually did get them once in federal court. Judges much smarter there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49388344)

it seems like such a slam dunk. most states have treble damages and landlords withholding security deposits unlawfully is common practice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791259&forum_id=2).#49397307)