Legal Opinion
Fcd Development, LLC v. South Florida Sports Committee, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 26, 2010No. 4D09-725PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
FCD Development, Inc. (FCD) appeals a final judgment awarding South Florida Sports Committee, Inc. (SFSC) damages based on FCD’s filing a notice of lis pen-dens. FCD argues that SFSC lacked standing to recover damages and that the trial court erred in awarding damages. We disagree that SFSC lacked standing to recover damages, but reverse because the court used an improper method of calculating damages for a wrongful filing of a lis pendens and because SFSC did not establish that it had a bona fide contract with a ready, willing, and able buyer.
FCD sought to purchase property (hereinafter the…
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