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A plow maintains the beach out front as search and rescue personnel work atop the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of
Judge: $150M initially for victims in Florida condo collapse Victims and families who suffered losses in the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront Florida condominium will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially, a judge said Wednesday. That sum includes about $50 million in insurance on the Champlain Towers South building and at least $100 million in proceeds from the sale of the Surfside property where the structure once stood, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing. “The court's concern has always been the victims here," the judge said, adding that the gro...
As the remaining rubble from the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront condominium was cleared away Wednesday, a Florida judge said victims and families who suffered losses will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially. That sum includes about $50 million in insurance on the Champlain Towers South building and at least $100 million in proceeds from the sale of the Surfside property where the structure once stood, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing. âThe courtâs concern has always been the victims here,â the judge said, adding that the group in...
Print As the remaining rubble from the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront condominium was cleared away Wednesday, a Florida judge said victims and families who suffered losses will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially. That sum includes about $50 million in insurance on the Champlain Towers South building and at least $100 million in proceeds from the sale of the Surfside property where the structure once stood, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing. “The court’s concern has always been the victims here,” the judge said, adding that the group inclu...
Credit: AP Liliana Abrill tapes roses to posts to which wooden hearts representing victims of the Champlain Towers South condo building collapse are affixed, as she helps set up for a multi-faith vigil near the site where the building once stood, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) The building was just undergoing its 40-year recertification process when it collapsed. That came three years after an engineer warned of serious structural issues needing immediate attention. Most of the concrete repair and other work had yet to be started. There remain differen...