Condo Manager Not Liable for Breach of Voluntary Duty

BOSTON - A Massachusetts appellate court has vacated a judgment against a condominium building manager sued for failing to alert unit owners of an increase in an insurance deductible that left a gap in coverage after a water leak. Long v. The Niles Company Inc., No. 08-ADMS-40036 (Mass. App. Div.).

The Massachusetts Appellate Division said March 6 that plaintiffs could not hold Niles Company Inc. liable for purely economic damages for an alleged breach of what was a voluntary duty.

Robert and Muriel Long sued The Niles Company Inc. after learning that their condo association's deductible for water damage had …