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

Summary

The court held that the statutory obligation making a condominium purchaser jointly and severally liable for unpaid assessments applies to a purchaser at a mortgage-foreclosure sale, so the association's assessment claim was not extinguished. It also upheld the attorney-fee award because the statute did not require the association to obtain a lien before seeking fees and the bank's stated challenge did not establish an abuse of discretion. Justice Courtney Hudson Goodson, dissenting, would have dismissed the appeal for lack of a final, appealable order because the amount of assessments owed had not been reduced to a definite judgment.