Torts/Personal Injury,
Real Estate,
Construction,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 3, 2021
Champlain Towers catastrophe: Who pays the victims?
There’s a legal maxim that says, “for every wrong there is a remedy.” The catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium building in Surfside, Florida may prove the exception.
Tyler Berding
Founding Partner, Berding & Weil LLP
Tyler has represented the commercial and real estate industry since 1974. He has successfully litigated numerous building product and construction failure cases and primarily represents residential building owners and commercial investors.
There's a legal maxim that says, "for every wrong there is a remedy." (The phrase in Latin is: "Ubi jus ibi remedium.") The catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium building in Surfside, Florida may prove the exception. When 98 people lose their lives and millions of dollars in personal and real property are destroyed, that's certainly a "wrong." But was that fatal collapse the responsibility of any available defendant? And is there actually a remedy ...