Legal Talk for Co-ops and Condos
Legal Talk for Co-ops and Condos
Legal Talk by Habitat Magazine
When Water Damage Goes Wrong
16 minutes Posted Oct 27, 2025 at 5:00 pm.
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Send us a text A $30,000 water leak becomes a $300,000 nightmare — all because a board waited too long to act. Ian Brandt, partner at Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, exposes the surprising traps that leave buildings with massive repair bills when disaster strikes. He reveals why insurance companies are denying claims that used to be automatic approvals, including one jaw-dropping case involving nothing more than an overflowing sink. Brandt shares real cases where boards made costly mistakes th...