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Jury Orders Citizens to Pay
ST. PETERSBURG — A Pinellas County jury has sided with a Crescent Lake homeowner in a battle with Citizens Property Insurance Corp. over whether a sinkhole damaged his home.
Friday’s verdict has the potential to affect other cases, especially in the Crescent Lake area, where insurance companies have rejected sinkhole claims.
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. must pay the full policy limit - $103, 000 - on the Crescent Lake home of Oliver and Eriko Leeds. Attorneys for Citizens could not be reached Friday to say whether they planned to appeal.
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Officials Work to Allay Fears of Debris Falling from Hurricane-Blasted Condo
WEST PALM BEACH — Just looking up at the hurricane-ravaged 1515 Tower was enough to cause some nearby condo-dwellers to lose sleep.
If a hurricane struck this year, they wondered, what would keep debris from hurtling toward their condos and cars like it did during the storms of 2004? A city official and engineers working for new owners of the tower at 1515 S. Flagler Drive alleviated some neighbors’ fears Monday, in announcing plans for a project to secure the battered structure.
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