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After refusing a $287 repair bill, Portland renter beats his landlord in court, wins $32K verdict (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/antilandlords@lemmy.ca

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The clash began after Spring refused to pay a $287 electrician's bill that his landlord forwarded him for the repair of a burnt-out socket in his unit. Shortly after, the landlord notified Spring that his rent would increase by $100 per month.

The jury awarded Spring $16,000 — an amount that Oregon law doubles to $32,000 because of the nature of the violation. On top of that, Spring's attorneys also are entitled to ask a judge to order the landlord to pay all of Spring's legal fees, an amount that currently stands at $225,000.

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[–] Gremour@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Read the headline like "renter beats the shit out of landlord in court" like WTF, he wasn't even arrested, not only that, but was awarded $32k.

Sorry, english is not my native language.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

I like your version. More tenants should beat the shit out of their landlords. America would be a better place.

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

English is my native language, and I read it that way too

[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same. I wonder why. Is there something about the way the headline is written that causes this initial premature interpretation?

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago

I think it's a bit of a garden path sentence, where you can pick the wrong sense of a word (beat in this case), but instead of it ending up in a confusing ungrammatical mess, the grammar works out; we only realise our mistake with more context.