By Paul Birnberg, paulrainerbirnberg@gmail.com
A recent case, Denzer v. Dolan, Minn. Ct. App. File No. A18-0645 (Nov. 26, 2018), review denied (Minn. Feb. 19, 2019), illustrates gaps in both a lockout statute and associated pro-se forms. As discussed here, Minn. Stat. § 504B.375, usually thought to provide for attorney fees, actually limits attorney fees only to an unusual situation. Most pro-se form petitions steer locked-out tenants away from two common claims that should be added to any 504B.375 petition.
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