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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Technically, isn't any violation of Chapter 404 regarding radon a felony? I could see Fla Dept of Law Enforcement having a Radon Notice Task Force and rounding up attorneys
who forget the notice in a lease or sale contract. And many form sale contracts are incorrect because they quote the old language about county public health unit instead of county health department.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Wunker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 18, 2014 12:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL LandTen] Radon Gas Disclosure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It seems to me the Johnson v Davis and its progeny for undisclosed, and with radon a covert hazardous, conditions would apply. <span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#151515">Radon is estimated
to cause about 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year, according to </span><a href="http://www.epa.gov/radon/risk_assessment.html"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#4298AA;text-decoration:none">EPA's 2003 Assessment
of Risks from Radon in Homes (EPA 402-R-03-003)</span></a><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#151515">. Risk of lung cancer from radon is significantly increased for smokers, and even former smokers. Thus, the
legal remedy for failure to warn would seem to be a personal injury or wrongful death action if such result developed. I don't know of a statutory or regulatory remedy for failure to give the notice however. Giving the notice is a protective measure thus
putting a lessee or buyer on notice to test for radon or bear the risk.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";color:#151515">If a lessee tests and discovers radon to be at an unacceptable level, the lessee might be able to negotiate a modification of the financial cost
of the lease and require the landlord to rehabilitate the premises.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Chuck Hoskin <<a href="mailto:CHoskin@esclaw.com" target="_blank">CHoskin@esclaw.com</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"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">I sent this around yesterday and only got one response asking me to tell them what I found out. I was competing with
UPL of eviction forms preparers. </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-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">Can anyone direct me to legal authority for a remedy for failure to give the Radon Gas Disclosure in a commercial lease?
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