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...The plaintiffs argue that the court’s award of only $4800 for the defendants’ failure to return their security deposit was improper because § 47a-21 (d) requires an award of double damages when a tenant’s security deposit is not...
The plaintiffs revised, amended complaint also sought the return of the security deposit. In its memorandum of decision granting the defendant’s motion to strike, the court focused solely on the fact that the plaintiff had failed to provide the...
...When the defendant returned the plaintiffs’ security deposit, the deposit was transmitted with a statement of deposit activity, which itemized the deductions to the plaintiffs’ security deposit. One line of the itemization states: “8/28/2005 LEGAL—Legal Costs/Evictions...
...Section 3.02 (b) of the lease agreement provides that the plaintiffs have the right to terminate the lease and to have some or all of their security deposit returned if they are unable to obtain financing within sixty days...
In the event that a landlord is not provided with written notice of a tenant’s or former tenant’s forwarding address, § 47a-21 (d) (4) provides that the landlord is required to return the security deposit to the tenant...
The first count was directed toward the defendant and Saldana and sought the return of the allegedly wrongfully withheld security deposit. *728
...This matter arose from a dispute involving a security deposit. The plaintiff, Morton F. Reich, filed a two count complaint against the defendants Irma Langhorst and her son Axel Langhorst, seeking the return of a $1000 security deposit and accrued...
Section 47a-21 (d) mandates that, unless the landlord properly documents and itemizes damages, the landlord return to the tenant the entire security deposit paid, plus interest, within thirty days of the termination of the tenancy and notification of the...
cient heat, refusal to return the security deposit and violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA), General Statutes § 42-110a et seq. 4
...After the plaintiffs vacated the premises, the defendant returned a portion of the plaintiffs’ security deposit along with an accounting of the various moneys that had been deducted from the security deposit. The issue in this action concerns money deducted...
The referee found that the plaintiffs should be awarded $3700 for the failure to return of the security deposit, an additional $3700 for the wrongful detention of the deposit under § 47a-21 (d) (2), $1411 in interest under § 37-3a...
...with a forwarding address under § 47a-21 (d) (2) to state a cause of action for the return of the security deposit and for double damages. Accordingly, we are required to interpret § 47a-21 (d) (2) to determine whether a...
...At no time did the defendants return the plaintiffs’ security deposit or pay them interest on it; the defendants never notified the plaintiffs as to any disposition of the security deposit. At all times, the defendants had actual knowledge of...
...Because of that, the defendants refused to return the $3700 security deposit that had been given to them by the Riveros. To remedy that situation, the plaintiffs paid that same amount to the Riveros, and Nancy Rivero testified that the...
With respect to the time period during which a landlord must fulfill the requirements for the proper return of a tenant’s security deposit, the language of the statute is similarly clear. Reading together subdivisions (2) and (4) of § 47a...
...If the tenancy is terminated before the anniversary date of such tenancy, or if the landlord or owner returns all or part of a security deposit prior to termination of the tenancy, the landlord or owner shall pay the accrued...
...sustaining its legal sufficiency, we conclude that the court should have denied the motion to strike the complaint as it relates to the plaintiffs claim for the return of the security deposit because the complaint supported a cause of action.
...The court, therefore, need only determine two factual questions to award twice the value of the security deposit under the statute: (1) Was the security deposit returned with interest, or a written notification of damages delivered, within thirty days of...
...The letter requested the return of both the key money payment and the security deposit. On December 27, 2006, the defendants responded that they were not returning the key money payment and also that they were keeping one half of...
and the defendant subsequently vacated the premises. The two months of unpaid rent, however, remained outstanding, and the plaintiff, in turn, refused the defen- dant’s request for the return of his security deposit.