Legacy Village Investors, L.L.C. v. Bromberg

Citations

• 176 N.E.3d 1181
• 2021 Ohio 2930

Syllabus

Summary judgment guaranty agreement interpretation of contract waiver sufficiency of evidence. The trial court properly granted summary judgment in an action to enforce a guaranty of a lease. A guaranty is a contract, and its terms will not go beyond the terms of the contract where those terms are clear and unambiguous. The guaranty provided that it would remain in effect notwithstanding amendments to the lease. By amending the lease with the tenant, the landlord did not waive its rights under the guaranty where the guaranty provided enforcement of the lease could be made from the tenant without affecting the guaranty. The uncontested facts presented in the motion for summary judgment were sufficient for the grant of summary judgment.