Cummings Properties, LLC v. Empire Technologies, Inc.

This is a summary process action to recover possession of commercial premises and unpaid rent pursuant to a rent acceleration clause. Judgment for possession and damages in the amount of $20,263.77 was entered in favor of the plaintiff-landlord, Cummings Properties, LLC (“Cummings”). Cummings filed this Dist/Mun. Cts. R A D. A, Rule 8C, appeal of the trial judge’s denial of its requests for rulings of law pertaining to damages. Cummings’ position is that it was entitled to damages of $135,091.08, the amount due under the rent acceleration clause of the lease.

The original term of the…