Legal Question in Personal Injury in Florida

Hoa board member liability

if a HOA bord member had knowledge of a potentially dangerous situation with a unit owner and did not notify authorities or other unit owners could the Hoa or the individual be held liable if a fire resulted in a total loss for a number of unit owners


Asked on 4/08/09, 10:26 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Steven Meyer CPLS, P.A.

Re: Hoa board member liability

If a member of the board of directors knows of a potentially dangerous situation, and then the situation then occurred and caused injury to a person or property, the association might be held liable. It sounds from your question as if the situation presents a fire hazard. If that is the case, then I would suggest contacting the Fire Marshal for your county and letting that office determine if there's a fire hazard.

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Answered on 4/12/09, 8:08 pm


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