Q: Can roommate sue after they found a subletter that later left without me having any contact in months?
I am on the lease with 2 other girls but was being harassed. They wanted to find their own subletter so I left and they later found one and I had no contact with them. I forfeited my portion of the security deposit. Now that subletter moved out too and they are looking again. Can they sue me for my unpaid rent even if I was gone months prior and had no contact with them or the subletter?
A: When you sign a lease as a co-tenant, each co-tenant remains responsible to the landlord for the full amount of the rent due to the landlord. This is true regardless of whether a co-tenant moves out before the expiration of the lease.
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A: The short answer is yes. Anyone can sue anyone if you pay the filing fee. The question is do you have a defense. This turns on your deal with them. If the only document is the lease, then the landlord can sue you, and the other women can cross claim against you, and you would have problems.
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