Here’s a common scenario: during a storm, rainwater seeps up through the floor of a garden apartment, crests at two inches and eventually subsides. Flooding seems to be a hot topic in northern Illinois this week. Even our firm has been “evicted” from our usual place of business in Chicago and we are running a “virtual office” thanks to this past weekend’s floods. What is a tenant to do when there is a flood and what are the landlord’s obligations in a flood situation?
