by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Dec 15, 2013 | Dispute Resolution
August 2, 2012. A Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York reversed a lower court’s ruling denying a homeowners association an award of legal fees incurred in defending a homeowner’s claims for accommodation under the Fair Housing Act due to an alleged...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Dec 14, 2013 | Dispute Resolution
May 17, 2013. A U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia Appellate Court ruling affirmed a trial court’s summary judgment holding that the plaintiff homeowners were not entitled to an accommodation and a modification that they had requested from the HOA...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Dec 14, 2013 | Dispute Resolution
January 15, 2013. A California Appellate Court ruled that owner members of a homeowners association were entitled to recover attorney fees as the prevailing party that included the expenses the homeowner incurred in connection with a failed attempt at alternative...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Oct 4, 2013 | Case Decisions, Dispute Resolution, Governing Documents, Use and Maintenance
Missouri State Court Decision re issue over a member’s sign – A Jefferson County judge ruled that an HOA violated a member’s right to free speech by banning him from putting a political sign in his yard in support of a local candidate that was running for a city...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Feb 13, 0206 | Case Decisions, Dispute Resolution, Governing Documents, Ownership and Transfer of Interest
Illinois Appellate Court decision (February 3, 2016) This case involved a dispute between a homeowners association (“Association”) and two homeowners (“Owners”) over Owners’ right to lease their condominium unit to a non-owner tenant. Association’s governing documents...
