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Condominiums -- Association -- Assessments -- Liens -- Foreclosure -- Portion of final judgment ruling for unit owner on lien foreclosure count and dissolving lis pendens affirmed where association failed to establish that it provided unit owner with notice of its intent to file claim of lien that complied with requirements of section 718.121(4) -- Portion of final judgment implicitly finding in favor of unit owner on association's count seeking collection of sums due from unit owner reversed -- Association's failure to comply with notice requirements did not affect its claim for recovery of sums due from unit owner -- Fact that unit owner did not object to association's introduction of certain exhibits, including payment records, under business records exception to hearsay rule did not preclude trial court from determining sufficiency of testimony offered by association's witness -- However, trial court's determination that witness lacked sufficient knowledge to provide foundation for business records exception was not supported by competent, substantial evidence -- Trial court's reliance on case law and statute relating to homeowners association liens did not warrant reversal given similarities between requirements for both homeowners and condominium associations
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Contracts -- Schools -- Teachers -- Termination -- Unlawful reasons -- Promissory estoppel -- Sovereign immunity -- Written contract stating that teacher could be dismissed at any time for any lawful reason -- Teacher terminated after refusing to turn her private cell phone over to school as part of discovery in litigation with school competitor despite a supervisor's assurances that refusal would not result in termination -- No error in denying motion to dismiss claims for breach of contract and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing where school addressed only portion of claims related to supervisor's alleged oral promise and raised no argument in response to teacher's other claim, relied upon by trial court, that her termination violated article 1, section 23 of constitution because school demanded teacher's personal cell phone without any privacy guarantees -- Trial court erred by denying motion to dismiss promissory estoppel claim on sovereign immunity grounds -- Sovereign immunity barred promissory estoppel claim because supervisor's statements contradicted the express terms of teacher's written contract with school -- Doctrines of waiver and estoppel cannot be used to defeat the express terms of a contract
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