Landlord Limits

Topletz v. Choice affirmed, in part, a class action of tenants against the owners of several rental properties in Dallas. The reversal turned on the extent of the landlord’s liability under several sections of the Property Code, which in turn involved application of the supreme court’s recent opinion about a similar class action in American Campus Communities, Inc. v. Berry, 667 S.W.3d 277, 283 (Tex. 2023). No. 05-22-00781-CV (Aug. 22, 2023).