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Litigation Byte (March 2025 Edition)

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Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business. ...more

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Court Clarifies HOA Responsibilities in Tenant vs. Tenant Conflicts

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Often, in litigation between an owner and their homeowners association (HOA), there is a question regarding the nature and the extent of the duty owed by the HOA to an owner (or even to a tenant of an owner). The answer to...more

White and Williams LLP

Florida Court Puts the Claim of Landlord’s Insurer In The No-Fly Zone

In United States Aviation Underwriters v. Turnberry Airport Holdings, LLC, No. 3D22-270, 2023 Fla. App. LEXIS 1207 (U.S. Aviation), the Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District (Appellate Court) considered whether the...more

Miller Starr Regalia

“If A Tree Falls In The Forest . . .”: If A Tenant Has Yet To Be Evicted, Do They Still Possess The Premises?

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[author: Jana Contreras] “If a tree falls in the forest with no ears to hear does it make a sound?” While the answer to that riddle still remains elusive to many, a recent California court of appeal decision did succeed in...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Loss of Use can be “Property Damage” under Insurance Policies

General liability insurance policies normally cover “property damage.” Physical injury to, or outright destruction of, property almost always fits within policy coverage. But what about situations when the property is not...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Evicting Tenants Over “Illegal” Cannabis Operation Comes Back to Bite Landlords in Coverage Dispute

A 6th Circuit case decided earlier this year demonstrates how positions taken by insureds in prior litigation can impact or foreclose coverage in subsequent disputes with insurers. See K.V.G. Properties, Inc. v. Westfield...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Commercial Landlord Not Liable to Holdover Tenant for Damages on the Leased Premises

When a commercial lease tenant experiences the joy of a sewer line backup, which causes raw sewage to flow from all of the sinks on the premises and contaminates the tenant’s business equipment, it is not shocking for the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Failure by Injured Party to Take Reasonable Action May Limit Recovery - Construction and Procurement Law News, Q2 2018

There are instances where a party’s breach of the construction contract is undisputed. However, the amount of recoverable damages often hinges on the injured party’s own conduct both during and following that breach. The...more

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Court Confirms Landlord’s Right To Seek Damages In Unlawful Detainer Action And Separate Civil Action

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The Court of Appeal just confirmed that a landlord is not barred from recovering rent owed by a tenant in a civil action for breach of contract, even after obtaining a judgment for unlawful detainer against the tenant, so...more

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