Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Virginia
Lease
A person I hired rented a lot from a subject and signed a contract. Paid the rent for the month. Due to various reasons the situation did not work out and we moved from the lot. Prior to leaving, I had the landlord sign a paper stating in part that he ''hereby release, waive, discharge, and covenants from all liability, my company, its personal representatives, and assigns, from any and all claims arising from any and all business transactions, past and present.'' He is now taking my employee to court claiming she broke the lease and did not give 30 days notice. My question is regardless of whether or not the lease was broken, does this release waive his right to sue since the employee was working on my behalf? Thank you.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Lease
No, the landlord does not waive his right to sue by signing the release which you've described; he may, however, by having executed this particular document, waived his right to any viable claims arisng from this alleged breach of the lease by this person whom you describe as your employee, but a lawyer would probably need to review both of these papers in order to make a more definitive determination on the issue.
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