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What Happened: A doctor had a longstanding personal relationship with one of the principles of the company from which he leased office space. In 2019, after contemplating retirement, he reluctantly re-upped for another five years. And then the pandemic hit. Unable to see patients in his office, he decided the time had come to retire. So, he stopped paying rent and asked the landlord to let him out of his lease. He also thought his old friend had agreed to cut him a break. But the lawsuit for rent nonpayment shattered his complacency.
