Kyle Berglin, a Partner in our Miami office, obtained a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of the City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida, in a lawsuit

Kyle Berglin, a Partner in our Miami office, obtained a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of the City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida, in a lawsuit brought by a property owner alleging violations of the Florida and U.S. Constitutions related to the City’s enforcement of certain building codes and the imposition of fines for Plaintiff’s longstanding, repeat violations. In dismissing the Plaintiff’s amended complaint with prejudice, the Court held that the City’s code enforcement board acted in accordance with powers conferred to it by Florida statute and that the statutorily authorized fines, which had accrued over a period of six years, were not constitutionally excessive in violation of the Eighth Amendment or Article 17 of the Florida Constitution. See NOA Mgmt., Ltd. P’ship v. City of Lake Worth, No. 20-81146-CIV-SINGHAL, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 245344 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 29, 2020)