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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you all. This is what I meant by “practical effect”. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><img width=218 height=60 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01CD4233.2CECE3A0" alt=Logo><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Tracye K. Solove, Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Certified Civil Circuit Mediator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'><a href="Tracye@solovelawfirm.com">Tracye@solovelawfirm.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Kendallwood Office Park One<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>12002 Southwest 128th Court<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Suite 201<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Miami, Florida 33186<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Phone: (305) 612-0800<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Facsimile: (305) 612-0801<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a href="http://www.solovelawfirm.com/">http://www.solovelawfirm.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue'>Providing Statewide Legal Services in the areas of Commercial Collections and Recovery, Creditors' Rights, Commercial Landlord/Tenant and Real Estate Foreclosures<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>This transmission is intended to be delivered only to the named addressee(s) and may contain information which is confidential, proprietary, attorney work-product or attorney-client privileged. 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Thank you. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Whelan, Ed [mailto:EWhelan@gunster.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 02, 2012 6:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> fred.dudley@hklaw.com<br><b>Cc:</b> Tracye; clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] Chapter 558 Notice of Defect<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I had a jury trial last month involving 2 such notices and no response. My client spent $800,000 on repairs. Contractor's failure to respond It all came in evidence to show the lack of any alternate repair offer. Failure to mitigate was an issue in the case so it was relevant to show the contractor's failure to respond with any alternate fix to rebut the failure to mitigate. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That's how I suggest to get it in - if on the contractor side and want to keep out, need to think seriously about whether you have a failure to mitigate defense because it you try that defense, any good judge will allow your lack of an alternate repair to come in. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Jun 2, 2012, at 5:05 PM, "<a href="mailto:fred.dudley@hklaw.com">fred.dudley@hklaw.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:fred.dudley@hklaw.com">fred.dudley@hklaw.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>While both 553.004(4) and (7) appear to mandate a response (“must”), (6) permits the claimant to proceed with suit or arbitration if contractor does not timely respond. In addition, pursuant to (15) some subsequent discovery sanctions MAY be available to the claimant to the extent documents are not provided by the contract.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m not sure if evidence of the contractor’s failure to respond can is relevant and admissible, but the owner will probably want to allege timely and proper service of this notice.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='margin-top:4.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>Frederick Dudley</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> | </span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#001A63'>Holland & Knight</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'><br>Board Certified Construction Lawyer<br>315 South Calhoun Street, Suite 600 | Tallahassee FL 32301<br>Phone 850.425.5668 | Fax 850.224.8832 | Cell 850.294.3471<br><a href="mailto:fred.dudley@hklaw.com"><span style='color:#002776;text-decoration:none'>fred.dudley@hklaw.com</span></a> | <a href="http://www.hklaw.com/"><span style='color:#002776;text-decoration:none'>www.hklaw.com</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#BBBBBB'>________________________________________________<br></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#999999'><a href="http://www.hklaw.com/vcard.aspx?user=frdudley"><span style='color:#00A9E0;text-decoration:none'>Add to address book</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#00A9E0'> | <a href="http://www.hklaw.com/id77/biosfrdudley"><span style='color:#00A9E0;text-decoration:none'>View professional biography</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> [mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracye<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 01, 2012 2:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] Chapter 558 Notice of Defect</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'>Can anyone tell me the practical effects of failing to respond to the notice of defect? (if entity receiving notice does not want to inspect or fix the problem)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><image001.gif><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Tracye K. 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