[RPPTL LandTen] Breach of Lease/Damages/Accelerated Rent thru what date

Thu Feb 9 07:16:02 PST 2012

Recovery of accelerated rent is recovery of future economic losses.  I do not have a Florida Supreme Court case directly on point, but I have seen a number of DCA opinions stating that recovery of accelerated rent must be reduced to present day value.  See Vibrant Video, Inc. v. Dixie Pointe Associates, 567 So.2d 1003 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990); NEP Int’l, Inc. v. Falls, 629 So.2d 1019 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); Florida Standard Jury Instruction 501.7. See, e.g. Braddock v. Seaboard Air Line R.R., 80 So.2d 662, 668 (Fla. 1955)(“…present compensation of future pain is merely one of the subjective elements of the problem, and is not a process of mathematical calculation of preset value, such as must be applied to periodic future pecuniary losses); Quintero-Chadid Corp v, Gersten, 582 So.2d 685,689 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991)(court noted that Vibrant Video held that a landlord’s future monetary losses had to be reduced to present value).  

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From: landten-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:landten-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org] On Behalf Of Neil B. Shoter
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:37 AM
To: 'RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee'
Subject: Re: [RPPTL LandTen] Breach of Lease/Damages/Accelerated Rent thru what date

While I have not researched this, the question of whether accelerated rents “must” be discounted to present value if such is not stated in the lease arises from time to time, and I understand that judges do discount the amount to PV – BUT, is the discounting accelerated rents to PV a “mandatory” or uniform practice across courts in Florida or only followed in certain jurisdictions??   

This is useful in cases where a landlord refuses to allow mention in the lease of discounting to PV. 

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From: landten-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:landten-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org] On Behalf Of Manuel Farach
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 5:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [RPPTL LandTen] Breach of Lease/Damages/Accelerated Rent thru what date

I think the court sets what it believes to be an appropriate present value as applied to each case; I’m not aware of a case that gives a certain percentage.

As to question two, the answer is yes. I’ve filed partial satisfactions of the judgment once payments were made

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From: landten-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:landten-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Mazor 
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 5:29 PM
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Subject: [RPPTL LandTen] Breach of Lease/Damages/Accelerated Rent thru what date

I’ve researched this to death and haven’t found a direct answer. Maybe you can help?

Question One: If not provided for in the Lease, what discount rate do you use to calculate the Present Value of sums that come due under a lease? 

Question Two: IF we sue for damages under an “Original Lease”, we are entitled to a judgment equal to: 

(i)   past due rent, repair expense and other charges; plus,

(ii)  landlord's attorneys' fees and costs; plus, 

(iii) “accelerated balance” due under the lease, less a credit for "the amount received upon reletting the premises", Boulevard Shoppes, A.B. v. Pro-1 Realty, Inc.605 So.2d 1317 (Fla., 4th DCA, 1992), reduced to present value.

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