The Latest Breaking News from Surfside

Surfside families portray victims to judge dividing $1.1 billion. But how to quantify a life?

MIAMI — Seventy-nine funerals in five weeks.

Miami Herald · Sep 25, 2022

Lawyers in Surfside condo collapse case sought $100 million. Here’s what judge decided

MIAMI — Dozens of attorneys who attained a landmark $1.1 billion wrongful-death settlement in the Surfside condominium calamity learned their cut of the class-action case on Monday. It won’t be as much as they had hoped to receive from a Miami-Dade judge.

Miami Herald · Aug 30, 2022

Lawyers in Surfside condo collapse settlement sought $100 million. Here’s what judge decided

MIAMI — Dozens of attorneys who attained a landmark $1.1 billion wrongful death settlement in the Surfside condominium calamity learned their cut of the class-action case on Monday. It won’t be as much as they had hoped to receive from a Miami-Dade judge.

Miami Herald · Aug 29, 2022

Judge in Surfside collapse lawsuit agrees to pay condo owners more for property loss

MIAMI — The judge overseeing the class-action lawsuit for the Surfside condo collapse said Tuesday he would increase the payout for condo owners whose homes were destroyed last summer.

Miami Herald · May 24, 2022

Haunting Surfside mystery — ID of woman buried alive in ruins for hours — may be solved

MIAMI — Five hours after Champlain Towers South collapsed early in the morning on June 24, 2021, rescue dogs picked up the scent of a live victim pinned underneath the parking garage.

Miami Herald · May 18, 2022

Miami-Dade closer to 30-year building inspections in proposal after Surfside collapse

MIAMI — Miami-Dade County moved closer Wednesday to requiring building inspections after 30 years, one decade earlier than the current law, in a proposal that was a response to the collapse of the Surfside condominium.

Miami Herald · May 12, 2022

Victims of collapsed Surfside condo reach $997m settlement over disaster

The 12-storey residential building north of Miami partially collapsed on 24 June 2021

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

$83 million Surfside settlement endorsed by judge, but some victims plan to object

MIAMI — The settlement agreement that would pay $83 million to victims of the Surfside condominium collapse has received preliminary approval and an endorsement from the judge overseeing lawsuits arising from the disaster that killed 98 people.

Miami Herald · Mar 10, 2022

Engineering company’s insurers settle with Surfside collapse victims

The engineering company hired to do a safety check on the Surfside condo that later collapsed is settling lawsuits by the survivors and family members of victims.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022