Contracts
Breach of Lease
Landlord and Tenant
Sunnyside Development Company, LLC v. Opsys Limited
Published: Apr. 28, 2007 | Result Date: Mar. 9, 2007 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: C 05-0553 MHP Verdict – $4,853,020
Court
USDC Northern
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Robert H. Bunzel
(Bartko LLP)
Defendant
James E. Burns III
(Kronenberg Law PC)
Experts
Plaintiff
Paul Ainslie
(technical)
Defendant
Michael G. Fleishman
(technical)
Facts
Breach of lease case. Commercial building in Fremont.
Contentions
CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiff argued that the defendant, a U.K. company, abandoned the 40,000 square foot premises two years into a seven-year lease after attempting to assign the lease to its wholly owned American subsidiary which immediately stopped paying rent and was forced into bankruptcy.
Result
In March 2007, a federal jury in San Francisco awarded landlord $4.85 million in lost rent.
Deliberation
two days
Length
2.5 weeks
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