Jackson v. YAM Holding Corp.

In January 2010, the plaintiff Leroy Jackson and his company, the plaintiff Block Ice Corporation (hereinafter together the Jackson plaintiffs) entered into a five-year lease (hereinafter the lease) with the defendant YAM Holding Corporation (hereinafter YAM) for space inside a warehouse owned by YAM (hereinafter the premises). According to the complaint, the Jackson plaintiffs intended to use the premises as a catering and party hall, as well as for running a catering business. However, upon taking possession of the premises, the Jackson plaintiffs learned that the space was not zoned for…