New suit over bomb-range homes

Orlando, FL.-"Another class-action lawsuit has been filed in the ongoing legal fallout over homes built on and near a former World War II-era bombing range in southeast Orlando. The latest suit, filed this week in Orange Circuit Court, is similar to at least three others. It alleges fraud and other actions that have harmed property owners. The suit is filed on behalf of Orlando homeowners Vivian Sipe and Marc Gervais by a South Florida law firm against builders Engle Homes, Inc.,based in Boca Raton and its corporate parent, Tousa Homes Inc. based in Hollywood. The suit claims that the builders knew there might be unexploded bombs, bomb debris and contaminated dirt but didn't tell homebuyers, attorney Bobby Robbins said...The complaint of Sipe and Gervais parallels the other suits representing more than 400 homeowners living on and near the former 12,483-acre Pinecastle Jeep Range off Lee Vista Boulevard. Since July, more than 260 bombs and more than 14 tons of bomb debris have been unearthed."
May 23, 2008