I need to get out of a commercial lease. I had defaulted on my rent, they accepted that along with my verbal promise to try to pay it all back ASAP 1/4 per month and continued taking payments. I was only able to keep current in these slower summer months, not pay back rent. However, now, without ever even notifying me they were going to do so, they have filed a summary of ejectment. I just found out that landlords ARE responsible for things like my water heater even though they say they aren't in the lease. Since I have no evidence of my verbal conversations with them about repairs (and them refusing all of them) is it now too late to try to break lease this way? Or should I submit a few repairs in writing before the court date next week? I feel sure they will just deny the repair - will this get me out of the rest of the three years I should be here and let me move?