Raben-Pastal v. City of Coconut Creek

ANSTEAD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a post-judgment order setting aside a jury verdict for appellants in their federal civil rights action against the appellees. We affirm.

In 1981 Raben-Pastel commenced construction of a multiple-phase residential project in the City of Coconut Creek. After remedial efforts failed to eliminate cracks that had appeared in several of the buildings, the city’s chief building officer, James Cowley, issued official stop-work orders on the affected buildings pending implementation of agreed repairs. Subsequently, an engineering firm retained by the city as a…