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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Josh,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You may have an ethical duty of candor toward the tribunal (RPC 3.3 (a)(3)) to point-out to the superior court the doctrine of impossibility, impracticability, and frustration of purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Restatement (Second) of Contracts section 261 (1981) and 25 Wash. Prac., Contract Law and Practice Section 10.16 (3d. ed.).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Does your client’s commercial lease include a Force Majeure clause?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>CARL LLOYD GAY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#C00000;background:white'>Non nobis solum nati sumus</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D;background:white'> “Not unto ourselves alone are we born” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'> ~</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D;background:white'>the motto of Willamette University~</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>G</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>REENAWAY, </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>G</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>AY, </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>M</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>EDINA </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>& M</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>YERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>Attorneys and Counselors at Law <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>734 East First Street Suite A<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>Port Angeles, Washington 98362<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>Email </span><a href="mailto:carl@greenawaylawfirm.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif"'>carl@greenawaylawfirm.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>Telephone (360) 452-3323 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:#1F497D'>Facsimile (360) 452-3724 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'>THIS EMAIL TRANSMISSION IS INTENDED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED, AND MAY CONTAIN PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION THAT IS COVERED BY THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT (18 USC §§ 2510-2521). IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OR AGENT RESPONSIBLE TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION, OR COPYING OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR; PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONE AND/OR EMAIL AND DELETE THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE. THANK YOU <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Josh Grant [mailto:jgrant@accima.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 28, 2020 12:41 PM<br><b>To:</b> carl@greenawaylawfirm.com; WSBA Real Property Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] does Governor Inslee's Covid moratorium prohibit evictionof a commercial tenant for non-payment of rent<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>I am hoping that, because it is a commercial lease, that the moratorium has nothing to do with your situation. Would love to be corrected as I have a case just like it and we have given the notice to pay or vacate and we are headed to Superior Court.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Josh</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004080'>Joshua F. Grant</span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#004080'><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><img border=0 width=207 height=43 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D6DD1F.56F5C3C0" alt=advocates><br></span><span style='color:#004080'>P. O. Box 619<br>Wilbur, WA 99185<br>509 647 5578</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Carl Gay <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Wednesday, December 23, 2020 4:34 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> 'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> [WSBARP] does Governor Inslee's Covid moratorium prohibit evictionof a commercial tenant for non-payment of rent<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Client has a long-term lease for a store which has not been allowed to open under the current economic shutdown.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Landlord served a notice of lease termination because the rent is in arrears.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Before I sit down to study the latest iteration of the Moratorium, I would appreciate some quick guidance from colleagues who are working in this legal field.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Many thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Carl Gay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>CARL LLOYD GAY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#C00000;background:white'>Non nobis solum nati sumus</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white'> “Not unto ourselves alone are we born” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'> ~</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white'>the motto of Willamette University~</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>G</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>REENAWAY, </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>G</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>AY, </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>M</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>EDINA </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>& M</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>YERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:black;letter-spacing:-.1pt'>Attorneys and Counselors at Law <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:black'>734 East First Street Suite A<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:black'>Port Angeles, Washington 98362<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:black'>Email </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:blue'>carl@greenawaylawfirm.com</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:black'>Telephone (360) 452-3323 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif";color:black'>Facsimile (360) 452-3724 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>THIS EMAIL TRANSMISSION IS INTENDED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED, AND MAY CONTAIN PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION THAT IS COVERED BY THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT (18 USC §§ 2510-2521). 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