Legal Opinion · Dissent

Wendt v. La Costa Beach Resort Condominium Ass'n

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 9, 2011No. SC09-1914Published

1DissentQuince, J.

I respectfully dissent because like the Fourth District Court of Appeal, I find that indemnification is required only where one party discharges an obligation that should have been discharged by the other party to the action. As the district court put it:

Here, the directors have not alleged that they have discharged a duty which the association should have discharged, that they have been left open to liability due to the association’s wrongful acts, or that they have been held vicariously liable to a third person and seek recovery from the association whose action caused the damage. Rather,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Houdaille Industries, Inc. v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Florida · 1979
  2. Wendt v. La Costa Beach Resort Condominium Ass'nDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

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