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I get asked this question all the time, “can I sue for emotional damages?” The answer to that question is almost certainly “no” in real estate disputes. No matter how mean your landlord was to you about getting your deposit back, no matter how much sleep you lost when...
Sooner or later, most litigants dream about have a “Hot Coffee Case*” moment, where they can recover tens or hundreds of millions of dollars from a company for a minor injury in the form of “punitive damages.” Punitive damages are only available in certain tort cases...
I get asked all the time, “Bill, what about the City/County? They signed off on the inspection! Doesn’t that mean they’re liable if the work is defective?” Unfortunately, no. The City/County has a qualified immunity against being liable for doing its job badly. If the...
In real estate disputes, there are usually four kinds of claims: contract claims – where two or more entities made mutual promises to each other, and the defendant didn’t make good on its promise, and thereby harmed the plaintiff monetarily; tort claims – where the...