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<p class="MsoNormal">To clarify further: what happens if lienor records lien which might otherwise be deemed as fraudulent and then, months later, and shortly after suit to foreclose is filed, the lienor cancels the lien. Owner doesn’t suffer any actual damages
in the form off loss of sale, loss of financing ability, etc., and in fact owner doesn’t suffer any out of pocket losses at all. Is owner still entitled to punitive damages against lienor?
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<p class="MsoNormal">See Martin v. Jack Yanks 650 So2d 120 (3<sup>rd</sup> DCA 1995)… in the dicta at 122, Court says owner’s costs, clerk fees and reasonable attorney fees to remove fraudulent lien was its damages and entitled to punitive damages as a matter
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft New Tai Lue",sans-serif">Is anyone aware of any case law wherein a court awarded punitive damages for the recording of a fraudulent lien
<b>in the absence of actual damages</b>? The language of the statute, 713.31(2)(c), appears to suggest that an owner would be entitled to punitive damages
<u>only if</u> the owner can also demonstrate actual damages resulting from the fraudulent lien. Any insight in this regard would be greatly appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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