March 12, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal investigators determining why a Florida condominium tower partially collapsed three years ago, killing 98 people, said Thursday there were many faulty support columns in the tenant garage that ran below it and the adjoining …
December 12, 2023
A bill introduced by a Democrat and trial attorney would take a step toward something that property insurers have longed for in recent years – actual cash value coverage on roofs, at least condominium roofs. State Rep. Hillary Cassel, D-Dania …
October 28, 2022
A 14-story condominium building in Miami Beach, less than two miles from the collapsed Champlain Towers South, has been ordered evacuated after engineers found expanding cracks in a main support beam. The Miami Herald reported Thursday that city officials ordered …
June 15, 2022
Attorneys who worked to secure settlements topping $1 billion in the collapse of a beachfront Florida condominium building in which 98 people died are requesting about $100 million in fees and costs, according to a new court filing. The total …
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 require more frequent inspections, more reserved funding …
April 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 judge ruled Wednesday. The money …
February 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 tragedy that killed 98 …
January 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 Michael Hanzman had originally …
December 8, 2021
The role that city officials played in allowing a luxury condominium to be built next door to the now-collapsed Champlain Towers building is under new scrutiny by plaintiffs and investigators. The Miami Herald newspaper reported that the City of Miami …
September 17, 2021
Commissioners in Surfside, Florida, have rejected a proposal to trade public beachfront to the eventual buyer of the condominium collapse site so that a memorial to the 98 victims could be built there. The decision followed an emotional meeting Tuesday …