Young v. Scott

• BURNETT, Judge.

This litigation began when the owners of leased commercial property sued their former tenants for unpaid rent and for other losses. The tenants answered and counterclaimed, alleging that the landlords had failed to remodel the premises in a timely or workmanlike manner, as provided in the lease agreement. This failure, the tenants asserted, so severely impacted their business that they were forced to terminate the tenancy.

A jury found in the tenants’ favor, awarding them compensatory and punitive damages while denying any recovery on the landlords’ complaint. Upon the…