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    Default Being Sued By Landlord

    my roommate and i recently got summoned to court in new york city by our landlord for over $9000 in past rent and property damages. we co-signed on a one-year lease in dec 2004 (ending in dec 2005). i moved out at the end of that lease, but my roommate went on a month to month rent basis with the landlord over a verbal agreement. he stayed there until november 2007. the summons indicated that the rent due and property damages extended from march 1, 2006, which means this has nothing to do with me as i was no longer living there.

    my roommate agreed to take full financial responsibility for this. my question is, how do I clear my name from a mess had nothing to do with me?

    -Frustrated

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    Default Re: Being Sued By Landlord

    How about proposing a consent judgment whereby your roommate commits to pay the money owed to the landlord, and the case against you is dismissed with prejudice?

    You should of course answer the complaint and indicate that you were no longer a party to the lease at the time the alleged damages occurred.

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    Default Re: Being Sued By Landlord

    Thank you so much!!

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