Does Your Unusual Lease Have a Liability Loophole?

Your lease with a tenant might have provisions that aren’t typical but were negotiated to serve a specific purpose. While provisions that are tailored to you and your tenant’s deal can certainly work in your favor, unusual lease provisions can leave you open to liability in some instances. For example, they can change the standard “duty of care” you would have to protect your tenant and its employees. That loophole can leave you open to litigation. That was the case for an Iowa owner whose duty of care stemmed from 'unusual' lease provisions.