After several months of dispute undertaken by the survivors and the families of the victims of the collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium South in Surfside, Florida, billed as the deadliest accidental building collapse in U.S. history, it was announced that they reached a settlement of $997 million dollars as compensation.
According to data published by The New York Times , the deal was revealed at a court hearing on Wednesday and is still pending final approval
, includes insurance companies, developers of an adjacent building, and other defendants in the sprawling civil case.
Breaking News: Survivors and families of the victims of the Florida condo collapse that killed 100 people last year have reached a $ 774 million settlement.
— Joel Waldman ( @joelwaldmanNEWS) May , 2022
“I am surprised by this result,” said Circuit Court Judge Michael A. Hanzman. Miami-Dade County, the foregoing because initially there was talk of a much smaller agreement of $83 millions to be divided among condominium unit owners for their property losses.
However, no compensation had been determined for the families of the dead, which caused friction and raw and emotional judicial testimony in a hearing of March that pitted those who lost their homes against those who lost their loved ones.
The deal grew exponentially after the developers of the adjacent luxury building, Eighty Seven Park, and a host of contractors and consultants who had been sued or investigated by the lawyers of the victims and the survivors signed.
The plaintiffs had argued that construction work at Eighty Seven Park damaged Champlain Towers South, a charge Eighty Seven Park developers and contractors denied.
Faced with the lack of final approval, Judge Hanzman said that you would like to end the agreement before 04 Juneoy compensate survivors and families of victims for the fall.
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