Construction Law

The civil action, Susanne E. Skaf, as Trustee of the Susanne E. Skaf Revocable Trust v. Beydoun Construction, LLC (Case No. CACE-22-004051), centered on a failed renovation project in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Plaintiff Skaf claimed the contractor, Beydoun Construction, fundamentally breached the renovation contract by performing substandard and incomplete work, in addition to acting negligently and filing a fraudulent construction lien. The defense argued Skaf breached the contract first by failing to pay the final balance of $18,800.00 and asserted the economic loss rule as a bar to the negligence claim. After hearing the arguments, the jury in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit returned a verdict on July 30, 2025. The jury found that Beydoun Construction, LLC, did breach the contract and was negligent, resulting in a total damage award to Skaf of $38,407.00. Crucially, the jury found that the contractor did not file a fraudulent lien and that Skaf did not breach the contract, effectively dismissing the contractor's $18,800.00 counterclaim.