Tag: Surfside condominium collapse

Families, Survivors Set For $1 Billion Settlement Over Surfside Condo Collapse

A $1 billion settlement has been tentatively reached in the class-action lawsuit brought by victims’ families and survivors of the Surfside Condominium in Florida that collapsed in June 2021. “I’m shocked by this result—I think it’s fantastic,” attorney for the families and victims Harley Tropin told reporters on May 11. “This is a recovery that…


Florida Condo Near Deadly Surfside Collapse Deemed Unsafe, Evacuation Ordered

The city of North Miami Beach ordered residents of an apartment complex near the Surfside condominium building that collapsed last June to evacuate after an engineer said it was “structurally” unsafe. Engineering firm Bronislaus P. Taurinski Structural Engineers alerted the city in a letter on April 4 that the five-story, 60-unit apartment building, at 3800…