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On October 14, 2011, Corey Harris explained Florida’s standard of director’s liability in his blog post, Am I Personally Liable Simply For Being A Director? As he noted, “[t]he longstanding precedent discussed in Munder v. Circle One Condominium, Inc., 596 So.2d 144 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992), provides that directors are immune from individual liability unless a crime or fraud has been committed or there has been self-dealing or unjust enrichment. As a result, negligent actions are not individually actionable, even if such actions are clearly wrong.”Continue Reading Conduct Your Due Diligence Before Agreeing to Serve as a Director or Officer of an Association – Make Sure Your Are Protected

In my last condominium blog post, I discussed a recent case from Florida in which a condominium unit owner sued a condominium association for allegedly failing to maintain and repair the condominium roof, which resulted in damage to the unit owner’s property. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently published an opinion on a similar case out of Louisiana, in which a condominium unit owner sued a condominium association for failure to procure adequate flood insurance and failure to pursue an insurance claim on the unit owner’s behalf.Continue Reading Clerical Errors in Insurance Policies Can Raise Complex Issues in Litigation

Most property insurance claims only involve two parties, the insured and the insurer. Sometimes, however, property claims can get more complicated and involve third parties, implicating liability insurance policies. This is exactly what happened in Eastpointe Condo. I Ass’n, Inc. v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. of America, 379 Fed. Appx. 906 (11th Cir. 2010).Continue Reading Property Damage Claims Can Also Implicate Liability Insurance Issues