warranty of habitability
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Appeals court says tenants must strictly comply with law to sue landlords over hazardous conditions
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Strict compliance with the law is necessary if tenants, who typically lack legal representation, wish to sue landlords for shoddy living conditions, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. In a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals agreed a Denver man could not hold his landlord liable for an uninhabitable apartment because…