Can a stylist sue me for lost wages if I terminate her verbal lease?
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Can a stylist sue me for lost wages if I terminate her verbal lease?
I and a partner are purchasing a salon effective the 1st of next month and we notified one of the stylists in our hair salon that we were giving her 10 days notice of terminating her verbal lease. She informed me that her attorney was going to sue us for lost wages for only giving her 10 days notice instead of 30 days. Since there is not a written contract describing how much notice is given does she have a case? Can she get money from us because we terminated her lease?
Asked on October 22, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Idaho
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
In most states the norm to terminate a residential lease requires a thirty (30) notice. However each state has different laws concerning termination notices for a commercial lease such as the one that you are writing about.
The interesting part of your question is that the commercial lease is a verbal lease and there is no written agreement setting forth notice requirements for its termination.
To be on the safe side, I would have given your tenant a thirty (30) day notice of your intent to end her lease. She possibly could try and sue you for lost income but her claim would have to be based upon the loss of net profits not gross income.
I recommend that you consult further with a commercial landlord tenant attorney about your question. Good luck.
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