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David M. Rogers, Esq. is an associate
with the law firm of Marcus, Errico,
Emmer & Brooks, PC.
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After control of the condominium
was transferred from the developer
to the unit-owner-elected board, the
association engaged an engineering
consultant to investigate the building.
The investigation performed by the
should not hinge on the fortuity of
secondary harm (such as damage to an
interior unit).” The court noted that
the economic loss rule was intended
to divert liability and damages away
from negligence damages and toward available alternative contract
claims. The court recognized that
condominium associations, which “do
not ‘buy’ the common areas from
the developer,” have no alternative
contract claims upon which to rely,
and concluded that an application of
the economic loss rule — under the
unique circumstances presented by
condominium ownership — would
not serve the fundamental purpose of
the rule.
The Appeals Court’s decision will
make it easier for condominium associations to obtain a remedy for all of
its construction defect claims. CM
R e g i o n a l
Case in Point
association’s consultant revealed deficiencies associated with the windows,
roof and masonry of the building.
After an 11-day trial, the Superior
Court (Chernoff, J.) awarded damages to the association for the negligent design and construction of the
window frames and the negligent
construction of the roof. The court
determined that the economic loss
rule did not serve as a defense to the
association’s claims concerning the
windows and the roof because these
deficiencies caused additional harm
within the individual condominium
units (i.e., water infiltration). The
court did not allow the association
to recover for the negligently constructed masonry, however, because it
determined that the deficient masonry
did not extend to any harm beyond
the masonry itself.
The Appeals Court, in reversing
the Superior Court’s dismissal of the
association’s masonry-related claims,
reasoned that a developer’s “liability
C A I
associations, as, in certain circumstances, the rule provided developers
with a potential shield of protection
against construction defect claims.
Community associations, which
do not have the ability to negotiate express warranties covering the
original construction of the common
areas, are generally unable to advance
contract-based claims to recover for
construction deficiencies. As such,
the economic loss rule, which serves
to prevent recovery in tort unless certain criteria were satisfied, effectively
rendered community associations
without recourse against a developer
for certain claims of negligent construction.
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