Real Estate Litigation
We have experience in a broad range of real estate issues from governmental condemnations to condominium regulation.
We have experience in a broad range of real estate issues including governmental condemnations, regulatory takings, land use regulation, large track zoning, restrictive covenants, partition of property, inverse condemnation, environmental liability and clean-up, foreclosures, building code enforcement, eminent domain, tax and insurance issues, leasehold, all forms of title, ownership and use rights, easements, administrative hearings, real estate tax proceedings and condominium regulation.
Experience
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Successful defense of suit between real estate developers, securing a favorable resolution which allowed client to develop and sell valuable property.*
- Lead counsel in 15 M breach of contract arbitration claim against real estate developer and management.*
- Louis Fodor, Trustee v. First National Supermarkets, Inc., 1990 WL 93210 (Ohio App.) Commercial lease and occupancy issues regarding continuous use clause.
- Negotiated and drafted documents to amend easements following an encroachment during site preparation for new hotel development.
- U.S.A. Parking Systems, Inc. v. Penn-Lillis Corp., 1995 WL 601186 (Ohio App. 8th Dist.) Won summary judgment in commercial lease dispute.
- Fodor, Trustee of Biddulph Plaza Shopping Center v. First National Supermarkets, Inc., 589 N.E.2d 17 (Ohio Supreme Court) Commercial lease issues regarding continuous operations clause.
- GMS Management Company, Inc., et al. v. Pick-N-Pay Supermarkets, Inc., et al., 601 N.E.2d 72 (Ohio App. 11 Dist.) Affirming summary judgment on continuous use issues in commercial lease.
- Represented a property owner in trial court and on appeal in a complex partition dispute involving several million dollars of Columbus real estate.
- First National Supermarkets, Inc. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., et al., 661 N.E.2d 1121 (Ohio App. 8 Dist.) Stock brokerage indemnity issues.
- Louis Fodor v. First National Supermarkets, Inc., 1993 WL 526660 (Ohio App. 8 Dist.) Commercial lease issues regarding continuous operation clause.