Neighbors Of Collapsed Florida Condo Building Sue, Move For Co-Counsel

Mealey's (July 14, 2021, 12:01 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — One resident of a Surfside, Fla., condominium high-rise that partially collapsed on June 24 and five residents of two neighboring buildings filed a putative class complaint on July 12 in a Florida court against the condo associations of all three buildings, alleging that each tower suffers from similar structural defects and deterioration due to decades of negligence and mismanagement and seeking economic damages and declaratory or injunctive relief; on the same day, those residents filed a motion in the first complaint that was filed after the collapse for appointment of their counsel as co-lead counsel for a class economic/property damage track....