JILL WEISSMAN, APPELLANT,

v.

DONALD RAY AND STEAKTHING RESTAURANT CORPORATION, D/B/A LES JARDINS, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Chotka v. Fidelco Growth Invs., 383 So. 2d 1169 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980)
  …, 212 So. 2d 879 (Fla.1968), that a lender is not under any duty to inspect the progress of construction for the benefit of anyone other than itself and may not be held liable for construction defects. Accord, Armetta v. Clevetrust Realty Investors, 359 So. 2d 540 (Fla.4th DCA), cert. denied, 366 So. 2d 879 (Fla.1978); Schaeffer v. Gilmer, 353 So. 2d 847 (Fla.1st DCA 1977). However, appellees became more than just a lender when they took title to the condominium project, completed construction, and, holding t…
• Vincenzo Armetta v. Clevetrust Realty Invs., 384 So. 2d 55 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980)
  …inal judgment dismissing Count XVI of appellants’ counterclaim with prejudice. We have previously considered other counts of the same counterclaim and affirmed the trial court’s action in dismissing them. See: Armetta v. Clevetrust Realty Investors, 359 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978), cert. denied 366 So. 2d 879 (Fla.1978). Appellee, as the construction lender, is the plaintiff in the trial court seeking to foreclose its mortgage on a proposed, albeit incomplete, condominium complex. Appellants are interveno…
• Napolitano v. Sec. First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 533 So. 2d 948 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988)
  …rvey that was not according to the original specifications and in making inspections is without merit. Florida law is clear that a lender owes no duty to others to supervise construction which it has financed. Armetta v. Clevetrust Realty Investors, 359 So. 2d 540 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert, denied, 366 So. 2d 879 (Fla.1978); Rice v. First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lake County, 207 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 2d DCA), cert, denied, 212 So. 2d 879 (Fla. 1968). REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. DANIE…

Authorities Cited

• Sterling Drug, Inc. v. Wright, 342 So. 2d 503 (Fla. 1977)