Wash. Supreme Court published opinion — 900884.pdf

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components of"actual damages." But the $1,200 total that Segura claims as actual

damages does not exceed the $2,000 payable to Segura as relocation assistance.

Therefore, Segura can recover no actual damages under the RLTA.

CONCLUSION

The legislature detennined that a displaced tenant could recover "actual

damages." It placed no limit on these "actual damages." In fact, RCW

59.18.085(3)(e) authorizes "any" such "actual damages." The statute's plain, broad

language, as well as controlling Washington case law interpreting the legal meaning

of this term, thus authorize displaced tenants to recover emotional distress damages

for a landlord's violation ofthe RLTA.

In this case, however, Segura's requested actual damages do not exceed

$2,000. For that reason, Segura may not recover actual damages, including

emotional distress damages, in this case. I therefore concur in the result.

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Segura v. Cabrera, No. 90088-4
(Gordon McCloud, J., Concurring in Result)

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