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Earlier this week I had the chance to participate in a simulation of a landlord-tenant dispute involving a broken washer in the tenant's unit.  In the simulation the landlord was out of town, and the tenant needed the problem fixed asap.  The whole simulation was conducted online by the Virtual Mediation Lab:  http://www.virtualmediationlab.com/vml-mobile-mediation/example-of-online-mediation-tenant-v-landlord-dispute-acr-chicago-and-virtual-mediation-lab-16-min-video/

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Lately I have been encountering a number of landlord-tenant cases while mediating at the Circuit Court of Cook County.  Mediation can be particularly useful in situations where the people involved have an ongoing relationship.  If a tenant wants to stay at their apartment, he or she will have to continue to deal with the landlord.  The same is true when a landlord wants to keep a tenant.  If the parties want to avoid litigation, mediation might be the answer.  Mediation can also be used in si...