Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Michigan

Did you put your cancellation in writing? Are they denying you gave timely notice? What did the lease state re: time to cancel and the method of cancellation? Depending on the those factors, and many others, you may have a good legal defense to the lawsuit. It depends on the specific facts and evidence of your case. The landlord always has a duty to mitigate by immediately offering the unit for sale to get a tenant as quickly as possible. Due to the economy right now, a court is going to be harder on a landlord right now trying to recoup money from you, if they weren't really damaged, and/or the apartment would have remained vacant anyways, since there are not a lot of people renting apartments right now. I would strongly suggest you retain a lawyer, such as myself, to defend you properly, so that you do not lose and/or end up with a judgment against you. Whatever you do, always timely and properly respond to a lawsuit and appear for all court hearings, or the landlord can get a default judgment against you, regardless of the merits of their case, simply for you failing to defend yourself, and it is very difficult to get default judgments set aside.

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