STONEHEDGE SQUARE v. MOVIE MERCHANTS


552 Pa. 412 (1998)

715 A.2d 1082

STONEHEDGE SQUARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Appellee, v. MOVIE MERCHANTS, INC., d/b/a Movie Merchants, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan D. Cunningham, Edwin A.D. Schwartz, Harrisburg, for Movie Merchants Inc.

George B. Faller, Jr., Thomas G. Collins, Carlisle, for Stonehedge Sq. Ltd. Partnership.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the landlord in a commercial lease is required to mitigate its damages when its tenant has breached the lease agreement by moving out before the end of the lease term.

Stonehedge Square Limited Partnership owns and operates a shopping center in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Stonehedge originally entered into a five year lease with General Video Corporation...

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