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A Court of Appeals in California has held that there is no internal inconsistency in a jury verdict holding a condominium association liable to unit owners for defects in the building but exonerating individual directors from personal liability for failing to order the work done. (Ritter & Ritter v. The Churchill Condominium Association, Ct. of App., Second App. Dist., Div. Eight, No.

An appellate court in Texas has ordered a nonprofit condominium council to give a director access to all of its financial records and not just a computer disk containing copies of its computer entries. The Court has held that the state’s nonprofit corporation law, the condominium law, and the organization’s bylaws all require access to the bills, contracts, and other backup documents that the Council keeps in the normal course of its accounting. (Shioleno v. Sandpiper Condominium Council, Ct. of App., TX, Thirteenth Dist., No.