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ADVERTISEMENT First Wrongful Death Suits Filed After Fla. Condo Collapse Law360 (July 9, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT) -- The condominium association of the collapsed building in Surfside, Florida, has been hit with the first group of what is expected to be dozens of wrongful death lawsuits, including one by the 15-year-old boy who was rescued from the rubble but lost his mother in the collapse. In the suit filed Thursday, Jonah Handler said he and his mother, Stacie Fang, were in their 10th-floor apartm...

Family of teen rescued alive from Surfside condo collapse sues. His mom died in tragedy David Ovalle, Miami Herald In the first hours after the collapse of Champlain Towers South, Stacie Fang and her teenage son were among the few people pulled alive from the rubble in dramatic rescue. Though her son survived, Fang would later die of her injuries. Her family has now filed a lawsuit against the building’s condo association — one of the latest in over a dozen filed against the...

Condo collapse live updates: Downtown Miami courthouse evacuated. Condo cat rescued Michelle Marchante, Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald Rescue crews continue to search through the rubble, now without hope of finding anyone alive, under the collapsed Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, just north of Miami Beach. Part of the apartment building with 12 residential floors collapsed June 24. The rest was demolished Sunday night. People with loved ones at the condo, missing or safe...

Uncle of 15-year-old who survived Florida condo collapse thanks man who pulled teen from rubble Share Updated: 9:43 PM EDT Jul 7, 2021 By Leyla Santiago and Gregory Lemos, CNN Uncle of 15-year-old who survived Florida condo collapse thanks man who pulled teen from rubble Share Updated: 9:43 PM EDT Jul 7, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript At least four people are dead 159 still missing after the beachfront Condo collapsed near Miami. Yesterday, families are st...

The Surfside, Florida, condo collapse search and rescue efforts have transitioned to a recovery operation, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Wednesday. "To share this news with the families this evening who are still missing their loved ones was devastating and its also difficult to share with all of you," she said in an evening news briefing. The transition will take place at midnight, she added. "Our team has developed a very detailed plan to guide the transition and to ensure...

A college student, the daughter of a Miami firefighter, a family of four: What we know about the collapse victims By: CNN By Theresa Waldrop, Alisha Ebrahimji, Ray Sanchez, Claire Colbert and Amir Vera, CNN     (CNN) -- The dead and unaccounted for residents of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, reflect the areas rich cultural diversity. The international tragedy has touched members of a tight-knit Jewish community and families from...

What we know about the dead and unaccounted for in the Surfside condo collapse CNN 5 hrs ago © Courtesy Joseph Malouf Andreas Giannitsopoulos The dead and unaccounted for residents of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, reflect the areas rich cultural diversity. The international tragedy has touched members of a tight-knit Jewish community and families from as far away as Argentina, Paraguay and Colombia. Scores of people remain unaccounted for after the collapse of part of th...

Surfside News: More Bodies Found in Imposing Wreckage of Collapsed Condo Last Updated July 7, 2021, 7:10 a.m. ETJuly 7, 2021, 7:10 a.m. ET The death toll rose to 36 in the wake of the demolition of the remaining half of the building in Surfside, Fla., but Hurricane Elsa has complicated the search. Follow our latest coverage of the -0:00 Miami-Dade Officials Find More Victims in Condo Collapse Officials in Surfside, Fla., found four additional bodies on Tuesday, raising the confirmed death toll...

What we know about the victims of the Surfside building collapse Surfside official death toll rises to 36 ahead of storm UP NEXT From elderly couples to young children, more information is emerging about the victims of a partial building collapse in Surfside, Florida. At least 36 people have been confirmed dead and 109 others remain unaccounted for since the Champlain Towers South, a 12-story oceanfront condominium, partially collapsed before dawn on June 24. A massive search and rescue mis...

PICTURED: Three more victims of Surfside condo collapse including a mother, 76, and her son, 52, who was in town for a funeral: Death toll rises to 46 with 99 still missing Officials released the names of victims Nancy Kress Levin, 76; her son Jay Kleiman, 52; and Francis Fernandez Plasencia, 67, a mother of three, on Tuesday The names were revealed as workers uncovered eight bodies on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 46 So far 29 victims of the collapsed have been identified  The work of l...