[RPPTL LandTen] Sold the property, but the defense suit remains

Fri Mar 18 14:41:05 PDT 2011

Lloyd,

Good thought. I think I checked that out earlier in the case, but its been
so long I'll have to doublecheck.

Jeff

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Jeff, 

Did the tenant  provide an estoppels letter at the time of sale?  What does
the lease exculpation clause provide?

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Jeff, as a general rule the manager or managing member of an LLC has a duty
to provide for payment of all known claims at the time of dissolution of the
LLC and distribution of its assets.  A creditor can go after the members of
the LLC for amounts distributed to them at a time when there were known
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[mailto:landten-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Mazor
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Subject: [RPPTL LandTen] Sold the property, but the defense suit remains

A former warehouse tenant filed suit against the warehouse owner, my Florida
LLC client, claiming that after a hurricane had damaged the roof and other
structural elements, my client failed to adequately repair and maintain,
resulting in all sorts of damage. It's a bogus claim, but will still cost my
client money to defend. 

The thing is, my client sold the property long ago, it was the only asset
and almost all the net proceeds have been distributed. There's a little
money left, and this lawsuit is the only reason that  the principals have
not dissolved the LLC.

1.        Does it make more sense to (a) fight, (b) settle or (c) just
dissolve the LLC and  let the Plaintiff take a potentially large default
judgment?

2.        If we just dissolve and distribute the remaining assets to the
stakeholders, and just allow a default and substantial judgment to be
entered, how much exposure would there be for the distributes?

Jeffrey R. Mazor, Esq.

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