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By MARYCLAIRE DALE and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press The quest to learn why a Florida condo building collapsed has already moved to the legal system, even before rescuers finish searching for victims and possible survivors. Authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the collapse of the oceanfront Champlain Towers South, which killed at least 36 people and left more than 100 missing. At least six lawsuits have been filed by Champlain Towers families. “The whole world wants to know what happened here," Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told a new...

Building collapse lawsuits seek to get answers, assign blame MARYCLAIRE DALE and CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press July 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8FILE - In this Friday, June 25, 2021, file photo, rescue personnel work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, in Surfside, Fla. Even as the search continues over a week later for signs of life in the mangled debris of the fallen Champlain Towers South, the process of seeking answers about why it happened and who is to blame is already underway in Florida's legal system.Gerald Herbert/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8FILE - I...