Disputes and lawsuits involving pickleball courts at homeowners and condominium association communities have been pitting neighbor against neighbor across the country over the last few years.
America’s fastest-growing sport is also widely considered to be one of its noisiest, and the constant pops of plastic pickleballs smacking against paddles have proven to be too much to bear for many residents of dwellings close proximity to pickleball courts.
Clashes caused by pickleball courts near homes and condominiums were widely covered in articles several years ago in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other major national and local media outlets. Recently, a lawsuit filed in late May against the Parkside at Boca Trail Community Association by the owners of two homes in the community that are both less than 75 feet from its pickleball courts illustrates that such quarrels don’t appear to be abating…