Soon after buying the commercial premises, the new landlord in 1002 E. 87th Street, LLC v. Midway Broadcasting Corporation, 2018 IL App (1st) 171691 started giving the radio station static over past-due rent that was owed to the prior landlord. The defendant’s silence in response spoke volumes and the dispute swelled to an irreconcilable impasse. …
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Landlord’s Double-Rent Holdover Claim Barred by Res Judicata – A Deep Cut (IL 2012)
A commercial lease dispute sets the backdrop for an appeals court’s nuanced discussion of statutory holdover damages and when res judicata and claim-splitting defeat a second lawsuit involving similar facts to and subject matter of an earlier case. For many years, the tenant in Degrazia v. Levato operated “Jimbo’s” – a sports bar set in …
Commercial Tenant Fails to Give Proper Notice of Intent to Extend Lease – IL Case Note
Although it’s an unpublished opinion, Sher-Jo, Inc. v. Town and Country Center, Inc., 2017 IL App (5th) 160095-U still serves as a cautionary tale for tenants that fail to hew to lease notice requirements. The tenant plaintiff under the commercial lease was obligated to serve the defendant landlord with written notice by registered mail of …