Welsch v. Groat

Opinion

LAVINE, J.

The plaintiff, James R. Welsch, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendant, Michael Groat, in an action for breach of a lease. The principal issue in this appeal is whether the court properly found that the leased premises were rendered uninhabitable by the plaintiffs failure to make necessary repairs, thereby resulting in a constructive eviction. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The following facts as found by the trial court are relevant to our resolution of the plaintiffs appeal. On June 1,2003, the parties entered into a one…