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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">I have had the opportunity to be
on "both sides" of issues such as this several times over the
last few years. They usually come to me after the person doing
unlicensed contracting (or the specialty licensed contractor
exceeding the scope of his license) has been charged criminally
with engaging in unlicensed contracting. These sort of
arrangements surely happen quite often, and no one is the wiser
so long as the "homeowner" is happy with the work, and the
"unlicensed contractor" is happy with what he is paid. They
always come out quite badly when one or the other becomes
unhappy.<br>
<br>
If the owner becomes unhappy, but has paid the UC all or much of
the price, they eventually complain to the local Contractor's
Licensing Board, or the DBPR and CILB. Even if the owner is
happy, but doesn't care to pay the UC the price they agreed, as
soon as the UC becomes too much of an irritation by demanding
his money, the complain to the local CLB or the DBPR. Whether
from the local Board, or the DBPR, eventually those complaints
for unlicensed contracting wind up in the local State Attorney's
consumer fraud division, charges are filed and first appearances
are scheduled. At the end of the day, there is really no worthy
defense so you try to get a withhold of adjudication on a no
contest plea in exchange for a minimum fine, court costs and
probation. The probation is where the dollars issue and pari
delicti rubber hits the road. <br>
<br>
The State attorney's biggest issue in working these prosecutions
out is the restitution to the "aggrieved owner" as a condition
of probation. In setting restitution in UC cases the judge has
discretion and will take the owners knowledge and duplicity into
account, as well as the actual dollar amount the now convicted
UC has put into improving the property. In one case where I
represented the homeowner that had a spa installed by a UC, the
guy was not worth pursuing civilly so her best shot was to
complain, get him prosecuted and get her money back by
restitution. I understand from the SA handling that, that the
judge significantly diminished the restitution when he was
convinced she knew the guy was not licensed, and was shown to
have a pretty clear understanding of contractor licensing
requirements.<br>
<br>
A bit collateral, but hopefully useful.<br>
<br>
G. Elliott </font></font><br>
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w:st="on">Jacksonville</st1:place></st1:city>
related to me a case he had that
I think involved an unlicensed contractor
and it involved, if I am not
mistaken, the disgorgement of $400,000.00.
It might be helpful to call Jeff Regan.
904-356-1300<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Thursday, April 19, 2012
8:35 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
<st1:personname w:st="on">RPPTL
constructionlaw</st1:personname><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
Re:
[RPPTL-constructionlaw]
[RPPTL-constructionlaw QUESTION BUT
LOOKING FOR A VERY
SPECIFIC CASE ONLY</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black"
face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Hi
everyone...Michael Romm again:
You may remember we were talking before
about permitting...I had a client
call me last night. = He is an unlicensed
contractor. He did a 23000.00
kitchen/house remodel. He was paid 20K
when owners got upset with him....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold">Key
point
and then question:</span></font></u></b><font
color="black" face="Arial"><span
style="font-family:Arial;color:black">
At beginning of deal
unlicensed contractor said to Mr. and Mrs.
homeowner: "I am not a
licensed contractor. Do you understand
that? "YES" they said.
"THAT is exactly why we want to hire you.
We don't want a licensed
contractor. We like you." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black"
face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">"Okay....well
you really should pull
a permit on this job. You can do it
yourself or I can have one of my licensed
friends pull it for you..." said the
unlicensed contractor. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black"
face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">"NO!.
We don't want a permit
pulled. We don't want to wait that long
and we don't want to pay for it
either". said the homeowners.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:
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said the unlicensed
contractor.... <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black"
face="Arial" size="3"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Now,
Owners are suing unlicensed
contractor to get their 20K back from him
even though work was substantially
and properly completed ("substantially and
properly - meaning it would
have been a lien-able job if it had been
done by a licensed contractor
who pulled a permit!)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><font color="black"
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">SPECIFIC
QUESTION:</span></font></u><font
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style="font-family:Arial;color:black">
I recall a case recently mentioned by our
group where the court said,
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:
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I will not permit you (the
homeowners) who have participated and
schemed and practically requested the
unlawful activity to use that same
unlawful activity to benefit against
the contractor." Anybody know that case?
Cite maybe? I only
need that specific case because I am
thinking that I go to the Judge, make one
motion and the judge either buys the case
and the argument and throws out the
lawsuit...or I tell my client he is going
to lose the case....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Subject: Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw]
Construction Defect jury<br>
instructions<br>
From: <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Date: Wed, April 18, 2012 1:06 pm<br>
To: "'<st1:personname w:st="on">RPPTL
constructionlaw</st1:personname>'"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#403152"
face="Verdana" size="4"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#403152">These
cites and
summaries should help.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
style="font-family:Verdana;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#403152"
face="Verdana" size="4"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#403152"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black"
face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Substantial
performance
applies when actual performance is
nearly equivalent to what was
bargained for, so that owner can use
the property for the intended
purpose. <i><span
style="font-style:italic">J. M.
Beeson Co. v. Sartori</span></i>,
553 So.2d 180 (Fla 4 DCA 1989); <i><span
style="font-style:italic">Strategic
Resources
Group, Inc. v. Knight Ridder,
Inc.</span></i>, 870 So.2d 846 (<st1:state
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fla</st1:place></st1:state>
3 DCA 2003); <i><span
style="font-style:italic">Waters
v. International Precious Metals
Corp.</span></i>,
273 F3d 1273 (11<sup>th</sup> Cir
2001).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p></div>
<div><u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black"
face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</u1:p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><i><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-style:italic">Casa Linda Tile
& Marble Installers, Inc. v. <st1:street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Highlands
Place</st1:address></st1:street>
1981, Ltd.</span></font></i><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
style="font-family:Verdana;color:black">,
642 So.2d 766 (Fla. 4 DCA
1994). The DCA noted that where a
contractor has substantially
performed and otherwise complied with
the construction lien statute, it is
entitled to award on its mechanic’s
lien claim for the contract price less
all
damages caused by its failure to
render full performance. Substantial
performance is defined as that
performance of a contract which while
not full
performance is so nearly equivalent to
what was bargained for that it would
be
unreasonable to deny the promisee the
full contract price subject to the
promisor’s
right to recover whatever damages may
have been occasioned him by the
promisor’s failure to render full
performance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><u1:p> <o:p></o:p></u1:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><i><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-style:italic">Kenmark
Construction, Inc. v. Michael Cronin</span></font></i><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
style="font-family:Verdana;color:black">,
765
So.2d 129 (<st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Fla.</st1:place></st1:state>
2d DCA 2000). The contractor sued the
owner for foreclosure of a
construction lien. The owner
counterclaimed seeking damages for
breach of
contract. The trial court stated it
doubted whether the contractor built
the house in a proper and workmanlike
manner or that the owner would be able
to
use the house in the way he wanted.
Nevertheless, the trial court entered
judgment of foreclosure in favor of
the contractor. The trial court,
however, declined to award attorney’s
fees to either party. HELD: Reversed
as to denial of attorney’s fees. It
is well settled that judgment on a
construction lien requires a
determination of substantial
performance rather
than strict performance, citing <i><span
style="font-style:italic">Poranski
v.
Millings</span></i>, 82 So.2d 675
(<st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Fla.</st1:place></st1:state>
1955). The trial judge’s decision is
consistent with a determination of
substantial performance and did not
find a breach of contract by the
contractor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><u1:p> <o:p></o:p></u1:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><i><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-style:italic">Lockhart v.
Worsham,</span></font></i><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
style="font-family:Verdana;color:black">
508 So.2d 411 (Fla
1 DCA 1987). Worsham, the general
contractor, was doing a kitchen and
porch remodeling and installing a
built up roof. The cabinets were not
sufficient deep and the dishwasher
protruded into the space where a
drawer
would otherwise open. The roof was to
have been 5 ply insulated, but the
contractor installed only a 3 ply
roof, with no insulation. The trial
court found that the contractor had
breached the contract, but that the
contractor had attempted in good faith
to correct the items and its breach
was
not willful or intentional.
Accordingly, the trial court only
awarded a
nominal amount to cut a piece out of
the drawer to allow it to open despite
the
protruding dishwasher and simply
allowed a credit for the missing
insulation. The home owner then
appealed. HELD: Reversed.
While the trial court was correct in
finding that the contract was
breached, it
appears the trial court wrongfully
intended to apply the doctrine of
substantial performance. However,
that doctrine is applicable only where
a variance from the specifications of
the contract is inadvertent or
unintentional and unimportant so that
the work performed is substantially
what
was bargained for. Under these facts
the doctrine should not be
applied. The measure of damages
accruing to the homeowner is the
reasonable cost of making the work
conform to the contract.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
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style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><u1:p> <o:p></o:p></u1:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">The
<i><span style="font-style:italic">Lockhart</span></i>
holding reflects a view
under prior law that residences were
exceptions to the substantial
performance
doctrine. That view is no longer the
law, and is tempered by the
Economic Waste Doctrine, which applies
to situations where the cost of
correcting the deficiencies is grossly
disproportionate to the value of the
completed structure. In such
circumstances, the damages can be
measured by the
difference in value of the structure
contracted for and the structure
received,
as opposed to the cost of correcting
the deficiencies. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><u1:p> <o:p></o:p></u1:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><i><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-style:italic">Grossman
Holdings, Ltd v. Hourihan</span></font></i><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
style="font-family:Verdana;color:black">,
414
So.2d 1037 (<st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Fla.</st1:place></st1:state>
1982). - house built facing the wrong
direction so owner didn’t get the
intended view. Court held that “[f]or
defective or unfinished
construction, a plaintiff can recover
a judgment for either:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">(1)
The reasonable cost of construction
and completion in accordance with the
contract,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">if
this is possible and does not involve
unreasonable economic waste; or<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">(2)
The difference between the value that
the product contracted for would have
had
and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">the
value of the performance that has been
received by the plaintiff, if the
construction<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">and
completion in accordance with the
contract would involve unreasonable
economic<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">waste.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><u1:p> <o:p></o:p></u1:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><i><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-style:italic">Aponte v. Exotic
Pools, Inc.</span></font></i><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
style="font-family:Verdana;color:black">,
699
So.2d 796 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Where
the performance on a contract is
defective, the proper measure of
damages is
the reasonable cost of making the
performed work conform to the
contract. This
maxim is subject to the exception
that, where construction in accordance
with
the contract would involve
unreasonable economic waste, the
measure of damage
for defective construction is the
difference between the value of the
item
contracted for and the value of the
performance<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:justify"><font
color="black" face="Verdana" size="3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">received.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font
color="#5f497a" face="Verdana"
size="4"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#5F497A">Regards,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
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White<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font
color="#5f497a" face="Verdana"
size="4"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#5F497A">(727)
797-5599<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black"> <a
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<b><span
style="font-weight:bold">On
Behalf Of </span></b>Fitzsimmons,
Bob<br>
<b><span
style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
11:09 AM<br>
<b><span
style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
<st1:personname w:st="on">RPPTL
constructionlaw</st1:personname>;
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<b><span
style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
Re:
[RPPTL-constructionlaw]
Construction Defect jury
instructions<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue"
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue">Does
anyone have a set they are willing
to
share?</span></font><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
style="font-family:
Verdana;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue"
face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue">Also,
can anyone identify a case stating
that an owner is not entitled to a
"perfect" building?</span></font><font
color="black" face="Verdana"><span
style="font-family:Verdana;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue"
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style="font-size:
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