The filing of a double wrongful death lawsuit against the property owners’ association for the exclusive Yacht and Country Club of Stuart gated community is drawing the attention of many community association attorneys, property managers and directors. The case appears to illustrate the potential extent of the horrors that can occur in any community association when it has a lapse in its security and screening procedures.
The suit was filed in Martin Circuit Court on behalf of the estate of a mother and son who were shot and killed in one of the residences inside the Yacht and Country Club of Stuart. Robert Gulick, who turned the gun on himself and committed suicide, had an extensive criminal record that included at least nine arrests for 19 different crimes, despite which he was allowed to become a resident in the gated community due to its alleged lapses in its security and screening procedures.
