When a Florida business is involved with another entity, much can be settled by looking at the contract between the two parties. And when the issue turns into a full-blown contract dispute, it may be in the parties' best interest to consult with a business law attorney for assistance.
A curious situation is now playing out between a Florida artist and the head of a charity group called the American Fallen Warrior Memorial Foundation. At stake is a 6.5-ton sculpture constructed from concrete salvaged from the remains of the World Trade Center after Sept. 11, 2001. The artist says the group reneged on its deal to pay her $225,000 for the sculpture. The group was going to place it at a memorial in Kansas that has yet to be built; it planned to display the art at a local fire station in the interim.
The artist says that the figure included $10,000 as a down payment as well as $5,000 every time the group was able to raise $25,000. However, the artist says that the leader of the group couldn't produce any evidence that the money was forthcoming; in addition, she says, the woman told her that she should just donate the artwork and that she was being greedy by expecting to be paid for it.
As a result of the contract dispute, the artist routed the work to Utah, where it will be kept on an indefinite basis, instead of at the group's headquarters in Kansas. It remains to be seen what will happen with the parties' ongoing contract dispute.
Source: The Kansas City Star, "9/11 art is at the center of a bitter dispute," Lee Hill Kavanaugh and Dugan Arnett, Sept. 20, 2013
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