Anatomy of a fall: Florida condo case to decide who to blame for dangerous balcony

On the second day of vacation with his wife and kids, David Casey was sipping a glass of pinot noir on the balcony of a rented condo in the Florida Panhandle, taking in the night view of the beach.  As Casey leaned against the wooden railing on the third-floor unit in Seacrest, it suddenly gave way – “the next thing I knew, I was falling to the ground,” he said – and he plummeted backward into sand dunes and foliage below. The avid golfer and daily jogger from Atlanta was badly injured.   Read the article…………………………….

Editor

Recent Posts

Injunctive relief not barred by dec judgment action (VA)

Where a litigant is otherwise entitled to injunctive relief, the fact that a declaratory judgment…

1 hour ago

Can a Co-Op Board Make Autopay Mandatory for a Deadbeat Shareholder? (NY)

A board member at a 10-unit Harlem co-op has a problem and a question. The…

2 hours ago

Snowmass planning commission recommends denial of condominium associations’ request to abandon nearby workforce housing plans (CO)

The Snowmass Village planning commission will recommend against a request by several condominium associations to…

2 hours ago

Ocean Grove surrenders on allowing Sunday morning beach access, at least for now (NJ)

The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, which governs much of life in a place that…

2 hours ago

Community Associations’ Use of Best Efforts to Obtain Insurance (FL)

Each year, condominium associations work to obtain insurance at reasonable rates in an effort to…

7 hours ago