Recent Case Holds That Condominium Association Could Owe A Duty of Care to Unit Owners to Maintain Pipes In the Interior Boundary Walls of Units

In a recent case, the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal analyzed a condominium association’s declaration documents to determine whether the association owed a duty to maintain the pipes located within interior walls of the condominium. While the subject of the case is a negligence action by the unit owner against the association, the case involves analyses into governing documents and statutory construction similar to those often required in the first-party property insurance context in claims by unit owners in condominium associations.   Read the article………….