Bisson v. Ward

How courts have described this case

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• relying in part on Blum and holding tenant entitled to award of attorney’s fees although represented by Vermont Legal Aid at no cost to her
• requiring a finding of malice, ill-will, or wanton disregard before punitive damages can be awarded
• would be unreasonable to allow noncomplying landlords to avoid enforcement costs where tenant is financially unable to hire private attorney
• “a ‘deceptive act or practice’ is a material representation, practice or omission likely to mislead a reasonable consumer.”
• “[T]he statutory language of 9 V.S.A. § 4458 — tenant may recover — entitles tenants to attorney’s fees where the landlord has breached the warranty of habitability.”
• Landlord and Tenant Act does not conflict with Consumer Fraud Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).