Romanczak v. AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 998 A.2d 272 (2010)

Citation: Romanczak v. AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 998 A.2d 272 (2010)
Parent Document: Romanczak v. AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 998 A.2d 272 (2010)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 2010-07-13
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2163668/romanczak-v-avalonbay-communities-inc/ ↗

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In raising their claim on appeal, the plaintiffs have assumed that the defendant incurred attorney’s fees as a result of the summary process action, but the plaintiffs have not directed us to any evidence that the attorney’s fees the defendant deducted were incurred only as a result of the eviction action. On the basis of this assumption, the plaintiffs have argued that the defendant was not entitled to attorney’s fees because it withdrew the eviction action and therefore was not the prevailing party. We need not address this argument, as the record does not indicate the basis of the legal fees the defendant deducted from the plaintiffs’ security deposit. The record suggests that the defendant may have had reason to seek legal counsel with respect to the plaintiffs on more than one occasion. After all, the court found that *510

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