Insights from local experts and executives The Region THIS ISSUE: [50] Massachusetts [52] Maine [54] New Hampshire [56] Rhode Island MASSACHUSETTS Disclosure Uncertainty To Tell or Not to Tell [by Dean Lennon, Esq.] As I write this, we are smack dab in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Offices are closed across the Commonwealth, with employees working from home. I am squirreled away in my basement office while I hear my kids scamper around above me. By the time you read this, my hope is that the worst of the pandemic is behind us and the issue below is not on the front burner. But the lessons from this article are hopefully germane to other events that could affect a condo in the 50 CONDOMEDIA June 2020 future; hopefully just not as profoundly as a global pandemic. One of the most hotly contested issues of the pandemic has been what, if anything, to disclose to owners when a resident contracts the coronavirus. There are compelling arguments on each side, which I'll explore below. THE CASE FOR FULL DISCLOSURE Mr. Smith lives in an urban condominium with three towers. There are common entrances to the building and common elevators which are used by dozens of residents. Management has sent out an alert that someone in the building has contracted COVID-19 and is currently hospitalized. Mr. Smith is 75 years old with a heart condition; as such, he is justifiably concerned that he has been in contact with the sick resident or has been in contact with something the sick resident has touched. He calls the manager but she informs him that privacy