Bungle In The Jungle – The Presence of Wild Animals In Your Community Association

/ Owner - August 8, 2018

With the ever-increasing urban development in Florida, especially in South Florida, we are sometimes reminded that we live in close proximity to a number of native and exotic invasive wild animals.  What can and should happen when your community association is confronted with that unexpected wild animal that causes a ruckus, or even worse, the wild animal has become a source of imminent danger to the members of the association or their guests? In the case of Hanrahan v. Hometown America, LLC, decided on June 20, 2012 by Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, the personal representative of a deceased resident, Ms. Hanrahan (“Hanrahan”), sought damages for the negligent death of Mr. Hanrahan, who died from fire-ant bites sustained on the common areas of Pinelake Gardens and Estates, a mobile home park (“Pinelake Gardens”).       Read the article………………

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