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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Where does it state that violations of the FBC are required to be fixed?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Edward</span></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kuchinski</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Attorney at Law | Carlton Fields</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">4221 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Ste. 1000</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> |
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org <clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL CLC-Discussion<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 9, 2022 2:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] 553.84 damages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I think it's important to give weight to the part of the hypothetical involving the Florida Building Code's provisions having "the force of law." Because violations of the FBC are
<i>required to be fixed</i>, then the applicable measure of damages must be whatever the current cost of correction is. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In that specific scenario, a diminution of value measure of damages simply would not be a reasonable application of the law, or an effective/meaningful remedy, in my opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 1:15 PM RPPTL CLC-Discussion <<a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Because the Economic Waste doctrine is judicially created. It should apply, absence a state statute to the contrary. While the question you have impliedly posed calls reason/logic
into question, a possible legislative fix has no such burden.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> <<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL CLC-Discussion<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 9, 2022 1:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>' <<a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] 553.84 damages<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I’m interested in others’ thoughts on this.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We know two things about breach of contract damages under
<i>Grossman Holdings</i>: (1) that they are to be measured as of the time of the breach (<i>Jeremy Stewart Constr., Inc. v. Matthews</i>, 324 So. 3d 41 (Fla. 1st DCA 2021)) – with interest accruing since that time; and (2) that they are limited to diminution
in value if the cost to correct would be “unreasonable economic waste.” --- BUT – what about damages under 553.84? Since the building code has the force of law, and is for the purposes of life safety, etc., wouldn’t damages for a 553.84 claim have
<i>neither</i> of those constraints? <i>I.e.</i> wouldn’t they, for public policy reasons, be measured by the
<b><i>current</i></b> cost to correct and not be limited by the economic waste constraint because the law requires their correction?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I can find zero cases or other authorities that even touch this point.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thoughts from this august group? Am I Don Quixote here?
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