State Law

UT lifts ban on political signs in dorm windows
Two undergraduates at the University of Texas faced exclusion from spring course registration because they displayed political signs in their dormitory window. University officials told the students to remove the signs within 48 hours or they would face further disciplinary...

Condo Fire Sparks Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A deadly 2008 condominium fire near Seven Springs Mountain Resort was the result of negligence by the condo’s owner, the condo association, the manufacturer of the fireplace there, a chimney cleaning company and others, a wrongful death lawsuit claims...

Condo-Hotel Litigation: The Lawsuit Boom Following The Burst Of Some Of The Riskiest Real Estate Investment Vehicles
Recently, the Wall Street Journal had a short but incisive item provocatively titled, Rooms With a Bubble View: Condo-Hotel Buyers See Investments Sour as the Market Weakens.  The article characterizes condo-hotels as “one of the most dangerous investments of them all,” and then briefly discusses some of the lawsuits being brought against condo hotel developers [...

A New Kind Of Condo Lawsuit: Related Group Sues Brokers To Claw Back Commissions On Defaulted Condo Units
The Miami Herald reports on the newest flavor of lawsuit directly attributable to the South Florida condo market crisis: a developer suing real estate brokers to claw back commissions for condo units on which the buyers failed to close...

POLITICAL SIGNS - YAY ... OR NAY
This came in via email recently (and no surprise, given the wild election times in US politics): "Political Signs - my HOA won't let me have one, ... what do you have to say about that, Ms...

Blawg of the Day -- Northwest Condo & HOA Law Blog
The Northwest Condo & HOA Law Blog is published by the Washington/Oregon firm of Barker Martin. They are discussing condominium and homeowner association law in both of those states.

Turning Condo Cancellation Cases Into Divorces: More Thoughts On The Legal Definition Of Material And Adverse As A Florida Appellate Court Ponders The Condo Contract Case That Everyone Is Watching
Oral argument was held last week in the D & T Properties vs. Marina Grande Associates appeal in Palm Beach County.  As I wrote on this blog some months ago, Florida real estate market watchers and condo lawyers have an intense interest in the outcome because the court is being asked to clarify under what [...

Inmate Medical Negligence
Olmsted County awards former inmate $337,000 settlement after failing to get him to a hospital after showing signs of a heart attack.

Condo Eminent Domain
Maui pays $4.1 million settlement to property owner.

Couple Awarded Nearly One Million Dollars in Lawsuit
Condo Lawsuit Gets $1 Million Award