“The court has always worried the victims. Your rights will be protected, ”Miami-Dade County Judge Michael Hunzman said at the hearing.
The damage excludes the value of several lawsuits already filed since the June 24 collapse that killed at least 97 people, but includes insurance for the southern Champlain Towers building and the expected profits from the sale of that property in Surfside. …
As reported by the AP news agency, citing Michael Hanzman, the lawsuits are being combined into a collective process that can reach all family members and victims if they so choose.
“I have no doubt that there will be no stone unturned,” Hantsman said of the lawsuits.
The manager, appointed by Hantsman to manage the finances of the board of directors of the Champlain Towers condominium, said the area had been completely cleared of debris under the watchful eyes of investigators from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the leading federal investigation agency. about the collapse.
According to attorney Michael Goldberg, the wreckage, considered important evidence, is stored in a warehouse in the Miami area and is preserved as possible evidence for court cases and for expert analysis.
“It can take years for a report to go public,” Goldberg said of the NIST investigation.
On July 11, search and rescue teams working in the building removed four more bodies from the rubble overnight, resulting in 90 deaths in the June 24 disaster.
At a press conference in South Florida, Miami-Dade Mayor Danielle Levin Kava then rebalanced.
The number of identified deaths increased from 62 to 71, while the number of missing persons due to the partial collapse of the southern Champlain Towers building dropped from 43 to 31.
Danielle Levin Kava also mentioned that by the end of the 17th day of work on the rubble, about 14 million kilograms of cement and rubble had been removed from the site where the condominium was built since 1981, using almost 60 trucks. …
In early July, the demolition of what was left of a frontline beachfront apartment building gave a new pace to the search operation, as rescuers have access to the entire building area, with more than 130 units.
The cause of the collapse is still being investigated, and some residents of Champlain Towers South are in litigation for damages whose community has been slow to support the council’s costly renovations in light of structural problems uncovered in 2018.
