Judge approves $1B+ settlement for victims of Surfside condo collapse
MIAMI - One day before the one-year mark of the Champlain Towers South collapse, Judge Michael Hanzman officially approved a roughly $1.02 billion settlement. Ninety-eight people lost their lives when the Surfside condo partially collapsed at 1:22 a.m. The settlement money will be split between surviving families, those who suffered injuries, and the 136 condo owners. Judge Hanzman praised the dozens of lawyers for being able to come to a settlement so quickly and avoiding years of litigation. Cases like these typically take well over a decade to reach a conclusion. "It will never.....
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