Quincy Mall, Inc. v. Kerasotes Showplace Theatres, LLC.

In December 2005, plaintiff, Quincy Mall, Inc. (hereinafter the Mall), sued defendant, Kerasotes Showplace Theatres, LLC (hereinafter Showplace), to recover unpaid rent due under the parties’ commercial lease. In May 2008, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Showplace.

The Mall appeals, arguing that by granting Showplace’s motion for summary judgment, the trial court erroneously (1) imposed on the Mall, as a commercial landlord, a duty to replace its tenant’s roof and (2) allowed Showplace to set off rental payments after Showplace replaced the roof. Because we conclude that…