If your association was affected at all by a hurricane in the last five years, we would like to alert you to a battle that our Firm, Katzman Garfinkel Rosenbaum (KGR), and our Community Advocacy Network (CAN) are currently waging to educate Florida's community associations about their rights to pursue unresolved Hurricane Wilma and other storm claims. There is a 5-year statute of limitations in Florida to pursue a casualty claim. Hurricane Wilma battered our state four years ago in October, 2005.
Many associations at that time were either bullied into believing they should not file a claim for storm losses for fear of having their rates raised or their coverage canceled or they were told that their claims did not meet their deductible. As a result, many associations were forced to specially assess their members to pay for necessary storm repairs and they did not pursue their insurance companies for everything they may have been owed. If you would like more information about your association's ability to reopen or file a claim for any storm damages you may have suffered four years ago, please don't hesitate to contact me at 954-315-0372 or via email at dberger@KGRlawfirm.com.
Donna D. Berger, Esquire, Managing Partner Katzman Garfinkel Rosenbaum