Location: North Carolina, USA I own a watersports business. We sell tickets to do watersports on a public river. The riverbank land where we operate is owned by the state gov't. That land is leased to a large tourist company who does their own thing. They lease this section of land from the state gov't. They signed a 40 year lease a decade ago. Three years ago they approached us asking if we wanted to sublease a section of the land and pay rent based on a % of our ticket sales. They assured us their land lease with the state allows subleasing. We had to add the landlord and the state gov't as additionally insured on our liability policy which we did. We signed a contract, erected a small metal building as an office, parking lot, and operated for 3 years. We then signed another 10 year contract when the original contract ended. The business earns $200k/yr net and employs 8 people. Yesterday the landlord calls me and says the state gov't found out we are renting the land, which in fact is NOT permitted under their lease and they actually NEVER got permission (even though they told us otherwise). So, you have 24 hours to vacate the property, remove all your equipment, and remove the structures. Have a nice day. Obviously this is a shock to us. We have advance tickets sold months in advance and all those people will have to be refunded, and all our employees are now out of a job, and we are out of business. Would we have any legal recourse against our landlord for lying to us about being able to lease the land and actually doing a lease? I was thinking 'breach of warranty' and 'negligent misrepresentation'. Not sure if their e&o insurance would cover this. There is nothing in the lease we signed that states they have permission to sublease, but they did sublease, no mention of their sublease availability or contract cancelation at all (except for default in case we don't pay rent). They are a large company not sure what their insurance situation is. Would landlord be liable for... 1. Refunds we have to give on future prepaid tickets? 2. Future income (based on previous 4 years steady sales)? I know this is a long shot. Any advice on what to do at this point?