Metairie PJ's, Inc. v. Richards Clearview, L.L.C.

JAMES C. GULOTTA, Judge, Pro Tempore.

12Richards Clearview L.L.C. (Clearview) appeals from a judgment denying its Rule to Evict Metairie PJ’s (PJ’s).1 Clearview’s Rule to Evict is based on the tenant’s failure to timely exercise, in writing in accordance with the lease terms, its intent to renew or extend the lease. According to Clearview, Hurricane Katrina interrupted business at the Mall. But, within a few weeks of the Mali’s closure, Clearview’s agent, Blaine Gahagan, contacted PJ’s owner, Joseph LaHatte, Jr., (LaHatte). When Gahagan inquired if PJ’s would immediately reopen and whether…