Simon v. Solomon

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• holding that a landlord who refused to fix a premises that repeatedly flooded could be liable for reckless infliction of emotional distress
• concluding that a defendant could be held liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress where he “violated his duty to [the plaintiff] recklessly, by outrageous omission to act, and thereby caused [her] severe emotional harm”
• concluding that a defendant could be held liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress where it “violated its duty to [the plaintiff] recklessly, by outrageous omission to act, and thereby caused [him] severe emotional harm”
• holding that the attorneys fees incurred in pursuing a plaintiffs emotional distress claims need not be severed from plaintiffs statutory claims where the various elements of damage arose from “a single chain of events” — flooding the plaintiffs apartment
• holding landlord could be held liable for tenant's emotional distress damages for reckless infliction of emotional distress in the course of the landlord's breach of the warranty of habitability
• permitting recovery of treble damages under G. L. c. 186, § 14, calculated on contract rent, where tenant’s rent was subsidized

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