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Judge approves $1B+ deal in deadly Florida condo collapse

FILE - Artificial flowers are shown on a fence on June 21, 2022, surrounding the site where the Champlain Towers South collapsed killing 98 people last year in Surfside, Fla. A judge has given final approval Thursday, June 23, 2022, to a settlement of more than $1 billion for victims of the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium. Ninety-eight people died when the 12-story Champlain Towers South suddenly collapsed. The decision comes one day before the one-year anniversary of the disaster in the Miami suburb of Surfside. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) FILE - Andrea Langesfeld, center, and her husband Pablo, right rear, parents of Nicole "Nicky" Langesfeld, who died in the Surfside, Fla., condo collapse, are hugged as they attend a ceremony to unveil a sign for "Nicky Langesfeld Place" on June 22, 2022, in Doral, Fla. A judge has given final approval Thursday, June 23, 2022, to a settlement of more than $1 billion for victims of the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium. Ninety-eight people died when the 12-story Champlain Towers South suddenly collapsed. The decision comes one day before the one-year anniversary of the disaster in the Miami suburb of Surfside. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) FILE - The site where the Champlain Towers South collapsed killing 98 people is shown on April 14, 2022, in Surfside, Fla. A judge has given final approval Thursday, June 23, 2022, to a settlement of more than $1 billion for victims of the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium. Ninety-eight people died when the 12-story Champlain Towers South suddenly collapsed. The decision comes one day before the one-year anniversary of the disaster in the Miami suburb of Surfside. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) In this photo released by The National Institute of Standards and Technology on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, physical evidence from both the collapsed and imploded sections of Champlain Towers South is stored in a secure warehouse in Miami-Dade County, where it has been cataloged and evaluated by members of the National Construction Safety Team investigating the June 24, 2021, collapse. The federal investigation into the deadly collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building is entering a new phase that involves cutting and drilling into concrete and steel to determine what role they played in the disaster, officials said Wednesday. (The National Institute of Standards and Technology via AP) FILE - Workers pump water out of the foundation of the former Champlain Towers South building on May 12, 2022, in Surfside, Fla. Attorneys who worked to secure settlements topping $1 billion in the collapse of a beachfront Florida condominium building in which 98 people died are requesting about $100 million in fees and costs according to a court filing made public Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
Judge approves $1B+ deal in deadly Florida condo collapse