Risch v. Samuel

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 1094

Syllabus

LANDLORD-TENANT: The trial court erred by failing to award defendant tenant reasonable attorney fees pursuant to R.C. 5321.15(C) where plaintiff landlord threatened an unlawful act and wrongfully excluded the tenant from the premises in violation of R.C. 5321.15(A) an award of reasonable attorney fees was mandatory pursuant to R.C. 5321.15(C) where the landlord violated R.C. 5321.15(A). The trial court did not err by failing to give the tenant credit for a security deposit where the court could reasonably have concluded that the evidence did not support the tenant's claim that such a deposit had been paid.