Decade 80-I, Ltd. ex rel. Keierleber v. PDQ Food Stores, Inc.

This case is about a retail store tenant's rights when its landlord fails to repair potholes in the parking lot and the lease contains a provision requiring the landlord to maintain the parking area. When the landlord did not repair the potholes after the tenant notified the landlord that the potholes were a problem, the tenant quit paying rent and vacated. The landlord sued for the rent. The tenant claimed the landlord had breached the lease, entitling it to terminate the relationship. We deem the main question on this appeal to be whether the tenant must prove considerable damages to the…