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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 74

Citation
§ 74
Parent Document
55 Oak Street LLC v. RDR Enterprises, Inc., 275 A.3d 316 (2022)
Jurisdiction
Maine (state)
Effective Date
2022-05-24

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the fact that RDR Enterprises did not pay any of the rent owed. The language of the lease
unambiguously provides that a failure to pay rent constitutes grounds for default of the lease. This
means all the rent due. Hence, even if the concept of a partial excuse for nonperformance were
applicable, nothing in the lease’s force majeure clause—or any other part of the lease—indicates that
the obligation to pay the amount due under the lease would be completely discharged when part of
the tenant’s duty to pay rent is excused by a force majeure event.
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