First State Bank, Appellant v. Metro District Condominiums Property Owners’ Association, Inc., Appellee

Summary

The court held that the statutory provision making a condominium purchaser jointly and severally liable for unpaid assessments applies to a purchaser at a mortgage-foreclosure sale, because the statute contains no foreclosure exception. It also upheld the award of attorney’s fees because the governing statute did not require the association to obtain a lien and the bank’s asserted bylaw-compliance argument did not establish an abuse of discretion. Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson, dissenting, would have dismissed the appeal for lack of a final, appealable order.