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It is never enough to know the law as it is written in public law, statute or ordinance. Judges and juries bend, stretch and interpret the law every day. Then other courts look to Case Law for guidance.

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Abandonment Assault Collecting Damage Employee Environmental Eviction Fair Housing & Civil Rights Liability Law Negligence		Home Inspection Injury Lease Occupancy Services Public Nuisance Security Deposits Property Condition Rental Inspections Sex Offender Eviction Definition of Tenant

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Abandonment
Arkansas

     Assault
               West Virginia
               Georgia Security

Collecting
Credit Reporting

Are owners of properties located in close proximity to overhead electric transmission lines liable for EMF health hazards? No, no, no. See below.

Damage
Criminal Destruction

Employees
Wrongful Termination

Can a landlord be liable for lead poisoning that happened before receiving notice? A particular judge may find a landlord liable for anything.

    Environmental Liability Law
                  EMF Health Hazards
                  Lead Paint Notice After Poisoning, NY

Eviction
Retaliatory Eviction

Is unmarried cohabitation protected by the Civil Rights Act? Maybe not. See Marital Rights ►.

     Fair Housing & Civil Rights
                  Marital Rights, Alaska
                  Marital Rights, Michigan
                  Barrier Free Sidewalk, Michigan
                  Tenant's Guest Sues
                  Different Rent Rates for Different People

      Home Inspection Services
                  Home Inspector Liability, Georgia
                  Home Inspector Liability, Oregon

◄ Is an inspection contract clause, which limits the inspector's liability to the cost of the inspection, enforceable? Could be.

Does a landlord have a duty to disclose even obvious and readily apparent defects in a rental property? Maybe not, check a recent case. ►

      Injury
                  Defective Step
                  Dog Bites Boy
                  Pit Bull Bite
                  Another Pit Bull Bites
                  Property Manager
                  Slip and Fall

       Lease
                   Non Payment of Rent
                   Rent Increase
                   Tenants Claim Breach

Can a city commission declare a property a public nuisance and padlock it for up to one year? Yep, at least in Michigan ◄

Are all occupants tenants? Yes and no. A Michigan court says: the word "tenant" referred to only those people who paid consideration to a landlord for the right to occupy property. ►

Negligence
Occupancy

Public Nuisance
Michigan Lock-out Law

Security Deposits
Landlord Must Prove Case, Wisconsin

Does a landlord have to prove he followed the Security Deposit Law to avoid damages? Yes, yes, yes. See ◄

Property Condition
Dangerous Condition Disclosure

Rental Housing Inspections
Landlord's Rights

Sex Offender Eviction
Reason for eviction was retroactive

       Definition of Tenant
                   Wife not named on lease
                   Are children tenants?

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