Landlord/Tenant – Material Breach

cassiejohnson//July 8, 2014//

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On appeal from summary judgment in this commercial-lease dispute, appellant argued that the District Court erred by concluding that defendants materially breached its lease with respondents. Appellant also argued that the District Court abused its discretion by denying its motion to strike some of respondents’ evidence and by denying its motion for a discovery continuance under Minn. R. Civ. P. 56.06. Respondents argued that, even though material breach is generally a question of fact, the undisputed facts here supported summary judgment. The Court of Appeals held that several fact questions existed as to whether failure to repair the roof constituted a material breach of the parties’ lease. Reversed and remanded.

A13-2102 Maple Bank v. St. Louis Park Pub. School Dist. No. 283 (Hennepin County)

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