The clash began after Spring refused to pay a $287 electrician’s bill that his landlord forwarded him for the repair of a burnt-out socket in his unit. Shortly after, the landlord notified Spring that his rent would increase by $100 per month.
The jury awarded Spring $16,000 — an amount that Oregon law doubles to $32,000 because of the nature of the violation. On top of that, Spring’s attorneys also are entitled to ask a judge to order the landlord to pay all of Spring’s legal fees, an amount that currently stands at $225,000.
Malicious conduct, which certainly is present here, opens the door to punitive damages which has the potential to be based on vibes alone. Unintentional housing violations are no joke; intentional housing violations are taken very seriously in states where law is respectively.
Well yeah there’s a bunch of ways to get there I just find it interesting they chose to leave it out.
Any combination of currently sealed docs/shitty journalism. My guess is squarely mediocrity