Panel Upholds Class Cert To Unit Owners Over Damages In Sprinkler Replacement Suit

(June 25, 2020, 9:47 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A Florida appeals panel on June 24 upheld a trial court judge’s non-final order granting a motion for class certification to condominium unit owners seeking compensation for damages to their units that occurred when the building’s fire sprinkler system was removed and replaced, holding that the damages were common to each unit owner (Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., et al. v. Latitude on the River Condominium Association Inc., Nos. 3D19-2054, 3D19-2053, 3D19-2051, 3D19-2048, 3D19-2046, 3D19-2044, Fla. App., 3rd Dist., 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 8914)....