Judge: Surfside collapse property owners bumped up to $96M
By CURT ANDERSON and BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Associated Press
People who owned condominiums in the Florida building that collapsed nearly a year ago but didn’t suffer a loss of life will together collect at least $96 million from a court settlement. The initial amount for property owners was set at $83 million, but Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman in Miami agreed at a hearing Tuesday that the higher amount was proper. Families of the 98 people killed in the June 24 Champlain Towers collapse will share about $1 billion. Also Tuesday, legislative leaders in Tallahassee agreed to consider legislation legislation in response to the tragedy that would require all condominiums higher than three stories statewide to undergo periodic inspections of their structural integrity.
