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In this case the the tenant rented a condo unit in a building on Carpenter in Chicago. Tenant gave a $2,050 security deposit. After move-out the landlord returned all of Plaintiff's security deposit except for $293.92, which the landlord claimed it was entitled to for a dented door and some hooks inserted on a wall. The tenant disputed the Landlord's commingling of his security deposit, refusal to provide paid receipts, and Landlord's entries into his unit without two-days' advance notice. Because the case was set for a Cook County jury trial, it was sent to Mandatory Arbitration. Mandatory arbitration is binding, but the decision is made by a majority of arbitrators on a three-person panel instead of a single trial judge. At the hearing the landlord's attorney argued that Tenant's claims were "ridiculous", though admitted the landlord had kept the Tenant's security deposit in the same bank account as Tenant's rent payments. The panel of three arbitrators unanimously agreed on an award of $9,213.34 to Tenant and DepositLaw.
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