<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If there is no express statement of the law requiring FBC violations to be fixed, then there are plenty of real world scenarios where the situation comes into play -- passing final inspection comes to mind immediately.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Then there's the reality of current contractors/subs finding a condition that violates the FBC and refusing to perform any work until or unless the condition is corrected.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Also, if an owner is aware of any FBC violations affecting a residential structure, then I would argue <i>Johnson v. Davis</i> requires disclosure of same in connection with any sale of the property, thereby creating a situation where the violation would almost certainly have to be corrected prior to closing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I'm sure there are other good examples of when correction would be required, if not by law then by real world application, but those were just the first few off the top of my head.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 1:42 PM RPPTL CLC-Discussion <<a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Where does it state that violations of the FBC are required to be fixed?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <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 2:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org" target="_blank">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] 553.84 damages<u></u><u></u></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.  <u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></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" target="_blank">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<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<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">I’m interested in others’ thoughts on this.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">I can find zero cases or other authorities that even touch this point.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Thoughts from this august group?  Am I Don Quixote here?
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