Vermont Small Business Development Corp. v. Fifth Son Corp., Henzel, Mad Partners, LLC and Pierson

¶ 1. Appellant landlord appeals a partial summary judgment order concluding that his eviction of appellee tenant from a property was wrongful, as well as the trial court’s ruling on a post-trial motion that tenant was not liable to landlord for rent that accrued post-eviction. Because landlord’s notice of default was defective, and because a wrongful eviction releases a tenant from liability for rent accrued post-eviction, we affirm.

¶2. Mad Partners, LLC and Chris Pierson (collectively, lessor) leased a restaurant and residential condominium to defendants Fifth Son Corporation and J. Michael…