Wood Mill, LLC v. Psychological Center, Inc.

Upon the jury’s verdict in this summary process action, judgment was entered for the landlord, plaintiff Wood Mill, LLC (‘Wood Mill”), against its tenant, defendant The Psychological Center, Inc. (the “Center”), for possession.1 The Center has appealed, alleging that the trial judge erred: (1) in instructing the jury that the Center had the burden of proof as to the terms of an oral modification of a written lease; (2) in removing a juror; and (3) in denying its motion for a directed verdict at the conclusion of Wood Mill’s case-in-chief and again at the close of all the evidence.

In October…