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Florida Legislature Wraps Early with Insurance Fund, Roof and Condo Bills
May 26 2022 // By Wednesday morning, it was all over except for the speeches. The five-day special session on the insurance crisis turned into just three days, and without seeing adoption of a single significant modification to two bills...
Florida Lawmakers Set to Adopt Strict Statewide Condo Inspection, Reporting Bill
May 25 2022 // After addressing Florida’s insurance crisis, lawmakers on Tuesday quickly approved another piece of legislation they did not get to during the regular session in March – a revamp of condominium laws that would...
Surfside Condo Families and Survivors Reach $1B Settlement with Insurers, Others
May 12 2022 // Families of the 98 victims of the 2021 condominium collapse near Miami Beach, along with injured survivors, could split hundreds of millions of dollars in payouts under a preliminary settlement agreement announced...
Proposed Miami Condo Rules Wouldn’t Prevent Another Collapse, Engineers Say
Apr 13 2022 // A month after Florida lawmakers failed to require more frequent and more thorough inspections of aging condominium buildings, Miami-Dade County officials have drafted their own reforms. But a few engineers said the...
2nd Miami Beach Condo Evacuated After Inspection, Deemed Unsound
Apr 5 2022 // Dozens of residents of a five-story condominium in North Miami Beach were ordered to evacuate the building Monday after engineers found that concrete slabs had sagged beyond the amount was considered safe, and the condo...
Judge OKs $83M Settlement for Owners in Miami Beach Condo Collapse
Apr 1 2022 // People who owned units in a Florida oceanfront condominium building that collapsed last year will divide $83 million for property losses, with the compensation for families over the 98 deaths still to be determined, a...
After Insurance, Condo Bills Fail, Florida Lawmakers Talking Special Session
Mar 14 2022 // The death knell sounded for the 2022 Florida Legislative session Friday with no major property insurance reform bills passed. But the ghosts of rising premiums and failing insurers will continue to haunt the state, and...
Insurers for Law Firm, Engineers in Collapsed Condo Settle with Victims’ Families
Feb 24 2022 // Insurers for an engineering firm overseeing major repairs at the collapsed Surfside condominium and for a law firm that advised the condo association have agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by survivors and families of the...
Florida Senate Committee Advances Condo Inspection Bill
Feb 24 2022 // A Florida Senate committee wasted little time Wednesday in approving a bill that would require more frequent inspections of condominiums statewide – one of the first pieces of legislation to come out of the rubble of the...
New Lending Rules Could Stifle Loans, Insurance for Florida Condos that Need Repairs
Feb 22 2022 // Just as some insurers have tightened requirements for underwriting high-rise condominiums in the wake of the Champlain Towers collapse in Miami Beach last year, now mortgage banks are starkly revising lending rules. The...
Allied Asks Court to Bar Coverage for Florida Law Firm in Condo Collapse
Feb 3 2022 // The insurer for a South Florida law firm that represented the collapsed Surfside condominium – lawyers known for fighting off attempts to reform condo safety laws – has asked a judge to absolve the carrier of coverage...
As Condos Age, More Owners Sell in Hot South Florida Market
Jan 10 2022 // For some South Florida condo dwellers, that tap on the shoulder could lead to the deal of a lifetime. The tri-county’s white-hot real estate market is prompting developers to take stock of the region’s older...
Florida Condo Collapse Trial Now Set for 2023
Jan 6 2022 // A major lawsuit in the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building that killed 98 people will go to trial in March 2023, a judge said Wednesday. That’s about six months later than Miami-Dade Circuit Judge...
Residents of Dangerous Wisconsin Condo Rush to Move Belongings
Dec 13 2021 // Residents of a Waukesha condominium that could collapse are rushing to move their belongings out. Police and firefighters cleared the six-story, 48-unit Horizon West Condominiums on Dec. 2 after an engineering report found...
City’s Approval of High-Rise Next to Surfside Condo Under Scrutiny
Dec 8 2021 // The oceanfront Champlain Towers South condo that collapsed in June. The edge of the 87 Park building can be seen on the lower left. (Amy Beth Bennett /South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) The role that city officials played...
Wisconsin Condominium Evacuated Due to Structural Issues
Dec 7 2021 // A six-story condominium building that was the subject of resident complaints dating back to June 2020 has been evacuated in a Milwaukee suburb after engineers found the structure was in imminent danger of...
Cash Found in Condo Collapse to Be Distributed; Trial Could Start in Summer
Dec 3 2021 // A Florida judge said that lawsuits over the collapsed condominium tower in Surfside will likely go to trial by summer. But thousands of dollars in cash found in the rubble could be distributed to former residents within...
50 Years Late, Miami Courthouse Gets Inspected after Condo Collapse
Nov 24 2021 // The historic courthouse in downtown Miami is set to reopen after an engineering inspection that was spurred by the collapse of a nearby beachfront condominium. The courthouse under construction, circa 1928. (Miami Herald...
Adjacent Condo Construction Triggered Surfside Collapse, Lawsuit Charges
Nov 17 2021 // A Miami lawsuit charges that a luxury condominium tower built just a few feet away from Champlain Towers South caused structural damage to the already ailing building in Surfside, leading to the collapse that killed 98...
After Surfside, Task Force Calls for Sweeping Changes in Condo Law
Oct 14 2021 // Four months after the collapse of a 12-story South Florida condominium building left 98 people dead, a Florida Bar task force has recommended major changes in how condo associations operate, including a requirement to...
