Recent Court Decisions

Code enforcement daily fine terminates once judgment is entered. Fong v. Town of By Harbor Islands, 864 So. 2d 76, 29 Fla. L. Weekly D55 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 24, 2003).



Trial court properly found lien to be fraudulent as it included nonlienable items such as pool upkeep charges, lawn maintenance charges, homeowner's association fees and utility charges and properly denied punitive damages as owners did not claim such damages in pleadings or pretrial stipulation or comply with procedures set forth in section 768.72. Levin v. Palm Coast Builders and Construction, Inc., 840 So. 2d 316, 28 Fla. L. Weekly D444 (Fla. 4th DCA Feb. 12, 2003).