Florida Condominium Law
<h1><center> United States of America v. Zachary Pegg </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Carjacking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lee County Armed Carjacker Sentenced To More Than Twelve Years In Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Zach... More...
$0 (07-23-2024 - FL)<h2><center> Admiral's Port Condominium Association, Inc. v. Endurance American Specialty Insurance Company </h2></center>
Miami, Florida insurance law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant <br> <br> The plaintiff, Admiral's Port Condominium Association, Inc., is a Florida corporation that owns a condominium complex in Aventura, Florida. The defendants are four insurance companies: Endurance American Specialty Insurance Company, Arch Specialty Insurance Company, James River Insurance Company, and Rockhill I... More...
$0 (07-28-2023 - FL)<h2><center> LEXINGTON PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION NOT FOR PROFIT vs MICHELLE FLINT AND KEVIN FLINT</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Daytona Beach, Florida - Real Estate lawyer represented Appellees with challenging to the material alterations and new rules enacted by Appellant. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Without conducting a vote of the owners, Appellant, Lexington Place <br> Condominium Association, Inc. (“Associationâ€), through its ... More...
$0 (07-18-2022 - FL)<h2><center> YVES MOQUIN v. SYLVIE BERGERON</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> West Palm Beach, Florida - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with appealing from an order of equitable distribution of two marital residences. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Former Husband married Former Wife in Quebec on July 25, 1992. <br> Before the parties were married, they signed a July 17, 1992 marriage <br> co... More...
$0 (07-17-2022 - FL)<h2><center> DEXX MEDICAL INDUSTRIES, CA, etc., vs FITESA NAOTECIDOS S.A.</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Miami, Florida - Business Law lawyer represented Appellants with seeking to recover payment due for products sold. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Fitesa filed a complaint against Dexx and the Marinonis seeking to <br> recover payment due for products sold by Fitesa. The operative complaint <br> asserted Dexx and the Mari... More...
$0 (07-15-2022 - FL)<h2><center> Kareen Lecorps and John Baptiste vs. Star Lakes Association, Inc.</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Miami, Florida - Real Estate lawyer represented Appellants with invalidating an assessment charge after being partially destroyed by fire in a residential condominium development. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Star Lakes Estates consists of seventeen residential buildings and two <br> commercial buildings. Through a s... More...
$0 (07-14-2022 - FL)<h2><center> ALDO GABRIEL AMENTA POZANCO, vs FJB 6501, INC.</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Miami, Florida - Personal Injury lawyer represented Appellant with appealing a grant of summary judgment in a claim for negligence for defendant homeowner. </h3></font></b></i></center><br> </font></center><br> <br> The underlying injury occurred while Pozanco was visiting a friend, Tito <br> Rodriguez, who had been house-sitting for the defend... More...
$0 (07-14-2022 - FL)<h2><center> PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE vs GLASSMETICS, LLC, A/ A/ O DEVAN HAMMOND</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Tampa., Florida - Small Claims lawyer represented Appellee with a underpayment of an insurance claim Dispute. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Glassmetics, LLC, a/a/o Devan Hammond, filed a small <br> claims lawsuit in county court against Progressive American <br> Insurance Company for the alleged underpayment of an in... More...
$0 (07-10-2022 - FL)<h2><center> DANIEL JOY AND MADELINE JOY vs OAKS CLUB CORORATION</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Tampa., Florida - Civil Litigation lawyer represented Appellants with appealing a final summary judgment to require them purchase a new Club membership. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> The Oaks is an upscale real estate development in Osprey, <br> Florida, located on Sarasota Bay. It includes three residential <br> neigh... More...
$0 (07-09-2022 - FL)<h2><center> DINH NGUYEN vs HOA NGUYEN</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Daytona Beach, FL - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with appealing the orders denying his motion to vacate/set aside default judgments . </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Appellant argues that the county <br> court lost monetary subject matter jurisdiction to entertain this case once <br> Appellee, Hoa Nguyen, filed her counte... More...
$0 (04-18-2022 - FL)<h2><center> CELSO CORRALES, vs JEANETTE CORRALES</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Miami, FL - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant appealing final decree dissolving his marriage. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> The husband and wife wed nearly thirty years ago, and the union <br> yielded a son, now an adult. Immediately after their marriage, the couple <br> moved into a home in Westchester, Florida, owned solely ... More...
$0 (01-30-2022 - FL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Lester Lavin and Anisleydi Vergel Hermida </h2> </center>
Miami, FL - The United States of America charged Lester Lavin age 44, and Anisleydi Vergel Hermida, age 31, with computer fraud and money laundering.<br> <br> The government claimed that Lavin created a computer fraud scheme to steal over $5 million from Miccosukee Indian Gaming and then launder the stolen money.<br> <br> Lavin worked for Miccosukee Indian Gaming, at its casino, for 12 years -- fr... More...
$0 (07-21-2020 - FL)<center> <h2> VME GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LLC, et al., vs THE GRAND CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., et al. </h2> </center>
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$0 (09-27-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> AZRAN MIAMI 2 LLC, vs DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, etc. </h2> </center>
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$0 (09-27-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> Hollywood Towers Condominium Association, Inc. v. Sharon Hampton </h2> </center>
Hollywood Towers Condominium Association, Inc. (“the association”) appeals the trial court's partial final judgment denying its request for an injunction. This appeal arises out of a complaint filed by the association requesting, among other things, a permanent injunction requiring Sharon Hampton to allow the association to access her condominium unit to perform repair work on her balcony. W... More...
$0 (08-23-2010 - FL)<center> <h2> Albert Schaw v. Habitat for Humanity of Citrus County, Inc. </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/sites/flmd/files/styles/court-photos/public/images/court/tampa.png?itok=UNLFRuXr"><br> </center><br> Albert Schaw, a quadriplegic, applied for a home with Habitat for Humanity of Citrus County. Because his annual social-security-disability income didn’t meet Case: 17-13960 Date Filed: 09/18/2019 Page: 1 of 31<br> 2<br> Habitat’s m... More...
$0 (09-21-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> Gary Dear v. Q Club Hotel, LLC </h2> </center>
<center><a href="https://www.morelaw.com/add/attorney/" target="_new"><img width="600" src="https://www.morelaw.com/images/banners/subscription.gif" target="_new"></a></center><br> This case concerns a contract dispute between Q Club—the entity that operates the condominium-hotel at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort—and a class of condo owners over the meaning of the “Declaration” th... More...
$0 (08-11-2019 - FL)<Center> <h2> Holiday Isle Improvement Association, Inc. vs Destin Parcel 160, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company </h2> </center>
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$0 (10-16-2018 - FL)<Center> <h2> United States of America v. Daniel Cardenas <P> <img width="200" src="http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/sites/flmd/files/images/court/tampa.png"> <P> Middle District of Florida Federal Courthouse - Tampa, Florida </h2> </center>
Tampa, FL - Loan Officer Sentenced For His Role In Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy<br> <br> U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Daniel Cardenas (37, Tampa) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. <br> <br> Cardenas pleaded guilty on April 24, 2018.<br> <br> According to court documents, from as early as October 2007 through May 2008, Cardenas and others consp... More...
$0 (08-11-2018 - FL)<center> <h2> American Insurance Company v. Lazaro Rodriguez </h2> </center>
Amerisure Insurance Company seeks certiorari review of the trial court’s<br> order denying its motion to dismiss or abate the spoliation of evidence claim<br> asserted by the plaintiff, Lazaro Rodriguez. Because Amerisure has failed to meet<br> the threshold requirement of showing that the trial court’s order creates irreparable<br> harm, we dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.<br> B... More...
$0 (04-04-2018 - FL)<center> <h2> Susan S. Kennedy v. Res-GA Lake Shadow, L.L.C., Lake Shadow Limited, LLC, and William Kennedy <P> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/DeFuniak_Springs_Hist_Dist_crths01.jpg/250px-DeFuniak_Springs_Hist_Dist_crths01.jpg"> <P> Walton County Florida Courthouse - DeFuniak Springs, Florida </h2> </center>
Susan S. Kennedy appeals an order denying her motion to vacate a writ of execution and sheriff’s deed issued on her Panhandle condominium. RES-GA Lake Shadow, LLC (RES-GA), brought proceedings supplementary to execution related to a money judgment against Ms. Kennedy’s former husband. Without impleading Ms. Kennedy into the case, RES-GA received a writ of execution and sheriff’s deed giving ... More...
$0 (09-06-2017 - FL)<center> <h2> Global Quest, L.L.C. v. Horizon Yachts, Inc., Horizon Group, et al. </h2> <P> <h1><FONT COLOR="red"> <b> Husby Global Litigation Support Services </b> </font> </h2> <P> <h2>Serving Your Court Reporter Needs Nationwide <P> <b>866-584-0070 </b> </h2> </center>
Plaintiff Global Quest, LLC appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants on all but one count of plaintiff’s amended complaint and to defendant Horizon Yachts, Inc. on its counterclaim for foreclosure of a promissory note. Plaintiff appeals from the district court’s entry of partial final judgment pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.1 W... More...
$0 (02-25-2017 - FL)Tiffany Plaza Condominium Association, Inc. v. Mr. and Mrs. C.O. Spencer
Appellant, Tiffany Plaza Condominium Association, Inc., defendant below, is an association organized pursuant to chapter 711, Florida Statutes (1974 Supp.), and the Declaration of Condominium of Tiffany Plaza Condominiums entered into in July 1975. Tiffany Plaza Condominium is a forty-two unit residential condominium located at Longboat Key, Florida. Appellees, plaintiffs below, are the individual... More...
$0 (05-26-1982 - FL)Cedar Grove Efficiency Condominium Association, Inc. v. Cedar Grove Properites, Inc.
Appellant, a condominium association, challenges the trial court's final judgments denying those parts of claims for special assessments relating to repair costs of balcony and exterior closet doors.[1] It contends that under chapter 718, Florida Statutes, and the condominium documents it is well within its authority to specially assess the members of the association, including appellee,[2] for th... More...
$0 (03-14-1990 - FL)United States of America v. Forest Hill Garden's East Condominium Association, Inc. and Forest Hill Cardens Property Owners' Association, Inc.
The simplest description of this case is that it involves a dispute between a bank, which foreclosed a first mortgage, and a condominium association. In fact, however, the plaintiff is the United States of America,1 suing on behalf of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), as the successor to two separate banks, each of which foreclosed a first mortgage, and - to... More...
$0 (01-03-2014 - FL)Wanda DiPaola Stephen Rinko General Partnership v. Beach Terrace Association, Inc.
Wanda DiPaola Stephen Rinko General Partnership (the partnership)<br> appeals the trial court's denial of the partnership's amended motion for costs and<br> attorney's fees and its award of costs and attorney's fees in favor of Beach Terrace<br> Association, Inc. (the association). We affirm the trial court's award of attorney's fees to<br> <br> - 2 -<br> <br> the association and its denial of fee... More...
$0 (06-17-2015 - FL)Karen Bennett v. Walton County
The Bennetts own a beachfront triplex and adjacent lot known as “The Lawn” in south Walton County that they rent many times each year for weddings,<br> 2<br> graduation parties, reunions, and other events. Their property sits within a county-designated “Residential Preservation Area” district surrounded by family dwellings. In 2010, the Bennetts’ neighbors began to complain to the County... More...
$0 (06-22-2015 - FL)Alachua County v. Expedia, Inc.
This case is before this Court for review of the decision of the First District<br> Court of Appeal in Alachua County v. Expedia, Inc., 110 So. 3d 941 (Fla. 1st DCA<br> 2013). In its decision, the district court certified the following question of great<br> public importance:<br> DOES THE “LOCAL OPTION TOURIST DEVELOPMENT ACT,â€<br> CODIFIED AT SECTION 125.0104, FLORIDA STATUTES,<br> IM... More...
$0 (06-11-2015 - FL)CK Regalia, LLC, etc., et al. v. John Thornton and Do Campo & Thornton, P.A.
CK Regalia, LLC, Abraham Cohen and La Mansion, LLC (collectively “the<br> Former Clientsâ€) appeal an order dismissing their complaint against John Thornton<br> and Do Campo & Thornton, P.A. (collectively “Do Campo & Thorntonâ€) with<br> prejudice. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.<br> FACTS AND BACKGROUND<br> Do Campo & Thornton entered into three separate contingency ... More...
$0 (03-11-2015 - FL)Louis A. Fiore and Jean H. Fiore v. Richard O. Hilliker
Louis A. Fiore and his wife, Jean H. Fiore, challenge the declaratory<br> decree entered by the trial court in favor of Richard O. Hilliker subsequent to the trial<br> court's granting of Hilliker's motion for summary judgment. The resulting final judgment<br> - 2 -<br> determined that Hilliker's property was no longer subject to certain deed restrictions of<br> record. We reverse.<br> Prior to 19... More...
$0 (03-13-2015 - FL)Great American Insurance Company of New York v. 2000 Island Boulevard Condominium Association, Inc.
It has long been said in the courts of this state that “every litigant is entitled<br> to nothing less than the cold neutrality of an impartial judge.†State ex rel. Davis<br> v. Parks, 194 So. 613, 615 (Fla. 1939). Regrettably, the trial judge in this case has<br> abandoned his post as a neutral overseer of the dispute between the parties,<br> compelling us to grant Great American Ins... More...
$0 (12-17-2014 - FL)Montreaux at Deerwood Lake Condominium Association, Inc. v. Citibank, N.A.
After acquiring a condominium at a foreclosure sale, Appellee Citibank, as the trustee for the trust owning the property, filed a “motion to enforce final judgment of foreclosure†to determine the amount of unpaid condominium assessments owed to the association, Montreux at Deerwood Lake Condominium Association. The trial court held a hearing and granted the motion. The Association app... More...
$0 (12-18-2014 - FL)Charter Schools USA, Inc. v. John Doe. 93, etc., et al.
Charter Schools USA, Inc., The Downtown Charter School, Inc., Charter<br> Schools USA at Downtown Miami, L.C. (collectively Charter Schools) appeal<br> from an order denying their motion to dissolve writs of garnishment and to enforce<br> supersedeas bond. We find no error in the order on appeal and affirm.<br> This action was commenced on behalf of a minor child who claimed to have<br> been sexua... More...
$0 (11-12-2014 - FL)United States of America v. Douglas Edward Henderson
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Douglas Edward Henderson, 52, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay over $1.2 million in restitution following his guilty plea to an Information that charged five counts of submitting a false tax return, two counts of aiding in the preparation of a false tax return, one count of mail fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit mail a... More...
$0 (10-16-2014 - FL)Luani Plaza, Inc. v. Michael Burton d/b/a Burton Family Partnership
This is an appeal from a final judgment rendered after a bench trial,<br> resolving disputes between Dr. Michael Burton, the owner of two units in Luani<br> Plaza in the City of Key West, Florida, and Luani Plaza, Inc., the business owner’s<br> association (the “Associationâ€) which administers the common areas of Luani<br> Plaza. We summarily affirm the well-reasoned final judgm... More...
$0 (10-08-2014 - FL)United States of America v. Alvaro Lopez Tardon
Miami, FL - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Alvaro López Tardón, 39, of Miami Beach and Madrid, Spain, was sentenced by U... More...
$0 (09-19-2014 - FL)Judge Rodrigo v. State Farm Florida Insurance Company
We deny the insured’s motion for rehearing, rehearing en banc, and for certification. We do however withdraw our previously issued opinion and substitute this opinion in its place.<br> An insured appeals an adverse final summary judgment on her claim for property damage to her condominium, its contents, and related expenses. She argues the trial court erred in entering summary judgment beca... More...
$0 (08-20-2014 - FL)United States of America v. Luis Michael Mendez and Wilkie Perez
Miami, FL - Two Miami, Florida, residents pleaded guilty this week to participating in a mortgage fraud scheme involving the sale of condominium units in the Miami area.<br> <br> U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Nadine Gurley of the Departm... More...
$0 (08-15-2014 - FL)Brett S. Stetter v. Alan Richardson
In this consolidated appeal, Brett J. Stettner (“Stettnerâ€) appeals two trial<br> court orders: (1) denying his motion to set aside clerk’s default, to vacate default<br> final judgment and to quash a writ of garnishment; and (2) denying his motion to<br> set aside sheriff’s sale. For the reasons that follow, we reverse both orders.<br> On May 14, 2012, Stettner filed a P... More...
$0 (07-16-2014 - FL)Truly Nolen of America, Inc. v. King Cole Condominium Association, Inc.
Truly Nolen of America, Inc. (“Truly Nolenâ€) appeals a trial court order<br> finding that it waived its right to compel arbitration by filing a motion to transfer<br> venue based on forum non conveniens while simultaneously filing a motion to<br> compel arbitration. Because the actions taken by Truly Nolen were not<br> inconsistent with its right to enforce the mandatory arbitration cl... More...
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