An adult college student entered into a written, one-year lease of a condominium unit owned by a professor who was taking a one-year sabbatical. The lease began on September 1 and called for a yearly rent of $12,000 in monthly installments of $1,000. The student lived in the unit for four months and paid rent for each month. The student moved out in late December and has not paid rent since. In a signed note, the student transferred all of his rights under the lease for the remaining eight months to an employee of the college. The employee moved into the unit on January 1 and lived there for five months, mailing the $1,000 monthly payments for those five months to the professor. At the end of May, what is the correct characterization of the employee’s liability for rent for the remaining term?

• A. The employee is liable to the landlord for the rent for the remaining term as an assignee tenant, amounting to $3,000.
• B. The employee is not liable because the tenant who signed the lease remains primarily liable.
• C. The student's liability absolves the employee of liability under the lease terms.
• D. The employee’s liability is limited to the months she occupied the unit.

Answer: (A)