Case:
PAJ Investment Group, LLC v. El Lago N.W. 7th Condominium Association, Inc.
Practice Area:
Commercial Litigation (Land Use)
Attorney(s):
Plaintiff Counsel:
Rosenquest Law Firm, P.A. (John B. Rosenquest, IV); Weiss, Serota, Helfman, Cole & Bierman, P.L (Co-Counsel for Plaintiff - Mitchell J. Bernstein)
Result:
Trial-Directed Verdict
Summary:
On October 18, 2023, trial team Luis Menendez-Aponte and Lucas Gargaglione, with the assistance of appellate counsel Ed Ferreyra, prevailed on directed verdict in a land use matter styled PAJ Investment Group, LLC v. El Lago N.W. 7th Condominium Association, Inc. The case arose out of a dispute over easement rights to access and fill adjoining submerged lands which had been under contract for over $30 million dollars. The Plaintiff sought to sell the submerged property to a developer, fill in the lake, and build over 600 condominium units. They sought a declaratory judgment from the Court that the easements granted them unfettered access to the easements on our client’s land for the purposes of developing their adjoining property, along with an injunction which would have our client tear down their gates and surrender large portions of their parking lot to the Plaintiff. Senior Partner Luis Menendez-Aponte and Senior Associate Lucas Gargaglione successfully defended the condominium complex against the aggressive adjoining landowner-developer’s attempts to expand the scope of these easements for the purposes of development of several residential and commercial buildings. If the Plaintiff had prevailed, the condominium would have had to surrender a large percentage of their property and it would have likely resulted in the displacement of many of the elderly residents as the proposed development was anticipated to last years. Read More
