Featured: Mortgage Recovery Cases
Mortgage recovery cases: Dozens of cases against title insurers.
Case No.346
After two years of hard fought litigation, MM&H secured summary judgment against Sunset Islands HOA 3&4, one of the wealthiest homeowners’ associations in Miami. From 2014-2016, a luxury condominium called The Palau was built on Miami Beach. The developer of that condominium was met with some opposition from the neighboring islands, the Sunset Islands. The [...]
Case No.172
MM&H is counsel to a homeowners’ association of another high-end condominium building located on South Beach. The association claims significant damages against the general contractor and several of the subcontractors for this prominent development to the structure as a result of structural deficiencies.
Case No.36
Meridian Trust Company and American Associated Group, Ltd., v. Eike Batista, EFG Capital International Corp., Paulo Gouvea et. al., Case No. 17-cv-23051-KMW, pending in the Southern District of Florida, is a massive fraud claim in which Plaintiffs, trust companies from the island of Nevis and the Cayman Islands, are seeking treble damages for investment losses [...]
Case No.3
After purchasing a mostly-occupied commercial building in 2013, Ownership intended to remove the exterior of the building and modernize it with a sleek, hurricane rated glass curtain wall. During this renovation, very quickly the construction devolved into what has been described as “war zone” – collapsing ceilings, mold, massive water leaks. MM&H obtained a significant [...]
Case No.103B
Defeated both motions for summary judgment seeking to exclude our client from obtaining consequential damages and damages related to water intrusion.
Case No.96B
Represented condominium and homeowners’ association related to officer and director liability claims.
30 YEARS AFTER HURRICANE ANDREW – HOW RESILIENT IS SOUTH FLORIDA?
Highlights from the article by David Lyons and Chris Perkins South Florida Sun-Sentinel [Read or listen to the full article here] • Aug 21, 2022 at 7:00 am The 30th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew’s assault on South Florida is days away, and for the uninitiated and those who may have forgotten, here is what the [...]
TROUBLE IN PARADISE: HOW A MIAMI DEVELOPER’S NICARAGUAN VENTURE WENT SOUTH
Ophir Sternberg and Ricardo Dunin spent millions trying to turn a resort into a swanky ecotourism hot spot. They failed. THE REAL DEAL | By Kieth Larsen and Katherine Kallergis | Feb 2022 Miami developers Ophir Sternberg and Ricardo Dunin spent about four years and millions of dollars trying to turn a resort on Nicaragua’s [...]
FLORIDA CONSIDERING CHANGES TO CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS LAW
By Kim Slowey Mon, Jan 03, 2022 The Construction Broadsheet [Read the original article here] • A proposed bill, currently making its way through the Florida legislature, could drastically reduce property owner protections when it comes to construction defects. Florida SB 736 would amend the state's existing construction defects laws by shortening the time a [...]