Crowell Suit Seeking $30 Million Pandemic Rent Refund Tossed (1)

A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Crowell & Moring seeking a refund of $30 million in rent it paid for its Washington D.C. office while its lawyers worked from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The suit was dismissed Thursday according to a docket entry indicating Judge Donald Walker Tunnage of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued an oral ruling granting the landlord’s motion for summary judgment.

Crowell sued its landlord, The TREA 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue Trust, last year, claiming it was entitled to rent abatement from the first 15 months of the coronavirus pandemic, when health ...