Connecticut General Statutes 47-88g – Right of action for aggrieved tenant of conversion condominium. Remedies
(a) Any person residing in a dwelling unit which has been or is to be submitted to the provisions of this chapter who claims to be aggrieved by a violation of any provision of subsection (b) of section 47-76, section 47-88b, section 47-88d or subsection (b) of section 47a-23c, or who claims a declarant or unit owner has harassed him or engaged in any other conduct with the purpose of improperly inducing him to vacate the dwelling unit, may bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district in which such person resides.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 47-88g
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Declarant: means the person or persons who execute the declaration or on whose behalf the declaration is executed. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trustee or other entity capable of holding an interest in real property or any combination thereof. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Unit: means a part of the property including one or more rooms or designated spaces located on one or more floors or a part or parts thereof in a building, intended for any type of independent use, and with a direct exit to a public street or highway or to common elements leading to such street or highway. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
- Unit owner: means the person or persons owning a condominium unit or leasing a unit in a leasehold condominium, as hereinafter provided, and an undivided interest in the common elements specified and established in the declaration and the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of such person or persons, and a mortgagee or lienholder holding both legal and equitable title. See Connecticut General Statutes 47-68a
(b) In any action brought by a person under this section the court may award to the plaintiff costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. The court may, in its discretion, order, in addition to damages or in lieu of damages, injunctive or other equitable relief.