Association Alert – Community Association Law Blog

“Related Wrongful Acts” Can Exhaust an Association’s Liability Insurance Policy Limit

IMPRESSION: The ruling in Great Am. Ins. Co. v. State Parkway Condo. Ass’n, No. 17-cv-3083 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 11, 2018), should serve as a cautionary ...
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Delinquent Owner Pays Assessments, But Refuses to Pay Interest, Late Fees or Attorney Fees. NOW WHAT?

A Court in Louisiana recently took up the issue of what to award in interest, late fees, attorneys’ fees and costs when a Unit Owner ...
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Building in HOA Common Area – MUCH More Costly Than Owner Thought (Because of Association Attorney Fees)

The Garrett’s purchased their property in the HOA in 2001.  The CCR’s required an owner to obtain the approval of the architectural control committee (“ACC”) ...
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HB Aids Association in Successful Defense of Mold & Water Intrusion Suit

The Condominium & HOA Law and Construction & Design teams defended a condominium association in a mold and water intrusion jury trial in Milwaukee County. ...
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Lien Priority Statutes and Why They Make Sense

Facts A unit owner stopped paying assessments.  The condominium association properly recorded and perfected a lien against the unit for those assessments.  Under the applicable ...
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Road Maintenance – Who Pays? (Duties under Association Documents and Case Law)

Facts A dispute arose between four condominium associations within a master association as to obligations to pay for the maintenance, repair and upkeep of a ...
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Can a Group Home be Built in a Single Family Association under the FHA – YES

Facts Plaintiff, Harmony Haus and a resident, sued Defendant, Parkstone Property Owners Association (“Association”) under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) seeking an injunction and attorney ...
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