Widespread closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have generated countless lawsuits across the country over missed rent payments. Defendants in these cases are often commercial tenants with conflicting obligations to pay rent under their leases, while also shuttering their doors in accordance with government stay-at-home orders.

Widespread closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have generated countless lawsuits across the country over missed rent payments. Defendants in these cases are often commercial tenants with conflicting obligations to pay rent under their leases, while also shuttering their doors in accordance with government stay-at-home orders.