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Young v. Patukonis, 24 Mass. App. Ct. 907 (1987)

Citation
Young v. Patukonis, 24 Mass. App. Ct. 907 (1987)
Parent Document
Young v. Patukonis, 24 Mass. App. Ct. 907 (1987)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1987-05-01

Full Text

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“Section 9. Civil Remedies, (a) Any person who demands, accepts, receives, or retains any payment of rent in excess of the maximum lawful rent, in violation of the provisions of this ordinance . . . shall be liable ... for reasonable attorney’s fees and costs as determined by the court, plus liquidated damages in the amount of one hundred dollars, or not more than three times the amount by which the *910payment or payments demanded, accepted, received, or retained exceed the maximum rent which could be lawfully demanded, accepted, received or retained, whichever is the greater; provided that if the defendant proves that the violation was neither willful nor the result of failure to take practicable precautions against the occurrence of the violation, the amount of such liquidated damages shall be the amount of the overcharge or overcharges.”