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Landlord/Tenant – Commercial Lease – Roof Repair – Bankruptcy – Lease Assumption
The original – now bankrupt – tenant failed to do the roof upkeep required by its lease, and the new defendant-tenant’s assumption of the lease (via a bankruptcy court’s order of sale) did not include assuming the original tenant’s liabilities. Nevertheless, the lease also required the tenant to return the facility “in as good a […]
Insurance – Fire – Assignments – Commercial Lease – Pleadings Amendment – Statute of Limitations
Crossroads Convenience, LLC v. First Casualty Insurance Group (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-103-17, 21 pp.) (J. Michelle Childs, J.) 1:15-cv-02544; D.S.C. Holding: Once the plaintiff-owner received assignments from its lessee and sublessee, the owner filed an amended complaint eliminating those parties and restating essentially the same claims. This amendment relates back to the filing of the […]
Contract – Truck Lease – Tort/Negligence – Fraud & Conversion Claims
Gillins v. Celadon Trucking Services, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-162-16, 15 pp.) (David Norton, J.) 2:16-cv-00795; D.S.C. Holding: Even though plaintiff’s truck lease was with Quality Equipment Leasing, LLC – not defendant Celadon – since the contract is titled “Equipment Lease Agreement (Celadon Lease Purchase Drivers)” and since the address provided for the “Lessor” is […]
Landlord/Tenant – Commercial Lease – Appeals – Preservation of Issues – Security Deposit
Atlantic Coast Builders & Contractors, LLC v. Lewis The master in equity found for the plaintiff-tenant on three causes of action – negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment – but the defendant-landlord appealed only the findings of liability for negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract and not the finding of liability for unjust enrichment.
Contract – Real Property — Commercial Lease – Service Station – Fuel Purchase Agreement – Covenant Not to Compete
BP Products North America Inc. v. Stanley The 4th Circuit reverses summary judgment for defendant service-station operator in plaintiff fuel distributor’s suit to enforce a restrictive covenant that was part of a Purchase Sale Agreement and deed and prohibited the service-station operator from selling non-BP branded products or offering certain automotive services; in a 2-1 split, the p[...]
Landlord/Tenant – Commercial Lease – Statute of Limitations – ‘Common Expenses’ – Evidence – Attorney’s Fees
Port City Ltd. Partnership v. City of Charleston The parties entered into lease agreements for two offices in 1994 and 1996, respectively, and each lease required the defendant-tenant to pay its share of “common expenses.” Where the plaintiff-landlord did not request payment for common expenses until 2005, the trial court correctly ruled that the landlord’s claim for monies due prio[...]
Simple lease dispute requires high court’s attention
A simple commercial lease involving a simple mistake led to a simple disagreement. That led all the way to the S.C. Supreme Court in Atlantic Coast Builders and Contractors v. Lewis, where the high court’s justices disagreed over simple appellate procedural rules that ended the case, for now. In a Sept. 26 opinion, the high court majority, applying the “two issue” and “law of the case�[...]
Contract – Commercial Lease – Unjust Enrichment – Security Deposit
Atlantic Coast Builders and Contractors, LLC v. Lewis Where the respondent sued after discovering the office space it contracted to lease was actually zoned rural and prohibited almost all commercial uses, the Court of Appeals properly found that: (1) the two-issue rule precluded addressing the merits of petitioner’s argument since she failed to challenge all three grounds on which the [...]
Landlord/Tenant – Commercial Lease — Civil Practice – Statute of Limitations – Contract – Real Property
Palmetto Co. v. McMahon Even though the plaintiff-landlord titled its action as one for distraint, its claim for rent arose out of a commercial lease with the defendant-tenant, not out of its title to real property. Because a lease is a contract, the three-year statute of limitations applies.
Business Law
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- Business Court judges trawl for customers
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- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- Virginia Tech student got due process in hearing
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
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