Miami Partner, Kyle T. Berglin, Esq., obtained a summary judgment in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court on behalf of his client

Miami Partner, Kyle T. Berglin, Esq., obtained a summary judgment in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court on behalf of his client, a luxury, oceanfront condominium association, in a lawsuit arising from the attempted sale of a unit located in the condominium, and the Association’s exercise of a right of first refusal set forth in their governing documents. Plaintiff, the prospective purchaser of the unit, filed suit for tortious interference with its purchase contract with the seller of the unit, claiming that the Association improperly exercised its right of first refusal and wrongly prevented the Plaintiff from purchasing the unit. The defense argued that Plaintiff was not a member of the Association and therefore had no standing to challenge the Association’s application or interpretation of its right of first refusal to the sale at issue; that the Association validly exercised its right of first refusal in accordance with the procedures set forth in the governing documents; and that the Association was authorized to interfere with the Plaintiff’s prospective purchase of the unit as a matter of law. Summary judgment was awarded to the Association on all three independent grounds.