Landlord and Tenant Dispute

[jbstawski1]

Plaintiffs believe that Defendant and former landlord wrongfully withheld a portion of their security deposit after the termination of their lease agreement. Plaintiffs have dated pictures disproving Defendants claims of all damages. Additionally, Defendant breached her contractual obligations by failing to provide a list to her tenants that listed of all furniture which will remain in the leased apartment with the tenants for the duration of their Agreement. Yet, defendant still deducted for furniture damage even though no such list was provided to Plaintiffs for acknowledgment and signature. Is this grounds for double amount penalty as stated in the N.J.S.A.?

 

[army judge]

Plaintiffs believe that Defendant and former landlord wrongfully withheld a portion of their security deposit after the termination of their lease agreement. Plaintiffs have dated pictures disproving Defendants claims of all damages. Additionally, Defendant breached her contractual obligations by failing to provide a list to her tenants that listed of all furniture which will remain in the leased apartment with the tenants for the duration of their Agreement. Yet, defendant still deducted for furniture damage even though no such list was provided to Plaintiffs for acknowledgment and signature. Is this grounds for double amount penalty as stated in the N.J.S.A.?

The law does allow for a judge to double any potential award under the scenario you describe.
However, you must PROVE, not simply assert your claims.
It sounds easy.
Many things sound easy.
Proving is far more difficult than asserting, and even if you prevail, you must then endeavor to collect the judgment.
That's even harder than proving your assertions.

HINT: Pictures alone aren't prof, because they can be doctored, and the dates can be changed.

HINT: You want to prove the date, time, and place of a picture in an apartment walk through, you include in your shot the local, daily newspaper clearly visible in the foreground!!!