Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

unlawful detainer

i am def pro per prevailed in ud. it was judged that plaintiff breached the warrenty to provide habitable premises and reduced rent by 50% or months defect existed, and that upon service of ud papers not conformed top law. at court trial judge said def to prepare judgment. not knowing what exactly i had to do it took 3 times until court accepted and entedjudgment which was a year after trial. upon submitting judgment the 2nd time. plaintill atty went to cort with ex parte application opposing my proposed judgment, he didnt want the persons name from prop mgmt named on it and wanted judgment entered wirh date of actual trial which is 10 months prior and states that this is in order so not to cause anyu further harm to his client. they are the ones who tried to evict me on illegal grounds and lost, my judgment was finally accepted on my 3rd attempt and entered 1 year after trial. i am now pursuing to collect retroactive rent per the abatement and refund of a rent increase i received and have been paying that i argue as to 180 days of jugment entered. their atty now is threatening me they will take every legal action to defend themselves x comp for wrongful prosecution etc i am in need of atty in san diego willing to rep. me!


Asked on 6/13/08, 6:15 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Robert L. Bennett Law offices of Robert L. Bennett

Re: unlawful detainer

You seem to have a reasonable chance of winning. However, I am too far away to help you.

Go to the Lawyer's Referral Service in S.D. and look for a lawyer knowledgeable in landlord tenant law (there aren't too many).

Good luck!

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Answered on 6/13/08, 10:07 pm


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