Carroll Independent Fuel Co. v. Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

This case arises from two lease agreements, in which Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (“WRIT”), appellee/cross-appellant, leased two service stations located in the Westminster Shopping Center to the Carroll Independent Fuel Company, appellani/cross-appellee (“CIF”). After the leases were terminated, a dispute arose regarding: (1) the responsibility for cleaning up contamination found in the soil and groundwater surrounding the service station buildings; and (2) whether CIF failed to surrender possession of the premises, requiring it to pay a holdover fee in the amount of three times…