How to Avoid Liability if Power Goes Out

With the summer approaching fast, power outages can be a daily occurrence. If the power in your area is shut off, tenants with an axe to grind might try to sue you for any resulting damage to its equipment and business. Or the tenant could argue that it has been “constructively evicted—that is, the power outage in its space was tantamount to an eviction by you—and try to terminate the lease or demand a rent abatement, says Sacramento attorney Thomas F. Stewart.