A law firm that broke its lease when a partner left -- avowedly because the firm no longer existed -- can't get out of the rent that easily. A New Jersey state appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a landlord who was left empty-handed when the firm vacated, and who later obtained a worthless default judgment in a breach-of-contract suit, is not barred from going after the remaining partners and their successor firm. The suit alleged that the new firm was created to escape responsibility for the former firm's debts.
April 15, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A law firm that broke its lease when a partner left — avowedly because the firm no longer existed — can’t get out of the rent that easily.
A New Jersey state appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a landlord who was left empty-handed when the firm vacated, and who later obtained a worthless default judgment in a breach-of-contract suit, is not barred from going after the remaining partners and their successor firm.
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