• Consider the following facts:
  • A residential tenant is on a month-to-month lease.
  • Said tenant has failed to pay rent for the past two months.
  • Landlord has made numerous demands for payment.
  • While the tenant is at home, landlord arrives at the rental unit and enters without notice, using a pass key.
  • Landlord, in the presence of tenant, begins to remove tenant's clothing and other personal belongings.
  • Tenant warns landlord to "leave the premises immediately, or face the consequences."
  • Landlord continues to remove the tenant's personal belongings, so the tenant hits landlord on the head with an iron skillet.
  • In response, the landlord leaves the rental unit.
• Answer the following questions with legal support (from your text) for your opinion:
  • What, if any, civil claims will the landlord have against the tenant?
  • What, if any, civil claims will the tenant have against the landlord.

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