Proof conservation is very important to understand why the ocean condominium Florida collapsed and to protect the legal rights of victims and others, a judge said on Wednesday.
Miami-Dade County is expected to end this month to submit control of the Towers Champlain site to the recipient appointed by the court.
The recipient, lawyer Michael Goldberg said the discussion was underway about how experts such as engineers would get access to property and steel remnants and concrete buildings, some of which were stored in a local warehouse.
“We will not delay this,” said the Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman when he heard.
“Everyone will have the opportunity to carry out the investigations they need.
We don’t want to be in an accused position to damage the evidence.” The 12-storey condo building in Surfside collapsed for unknown reasons for June 24, killing 98 people and left dozens more homeless.
Causes of collapse, one of the most deadly of its kind in US history, is still under investigation.
The trial was carried out from the remote Wednesday, the legal demands presented by victim family members, unit owners, mortgage holders and others who were looking for damage due to their losses.
Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said access to evidence by experts can help officials divert the same building disaster by understanding what happened in the Champlain Towers South.
“It must be done much faster than later.
There is a life at stake,” Burkett said.
A survivors, Sharon Schechter, said he barely escaped from his unit on the 11th floor but raised concerns at the hearing that tenants like him might be left with little or not.
“I don’t know where I stood.
I lost everything I have,” Schechter said to the judge.
“Everything works well and then my life is upside down.” Hanzman said Schechter and other tenants would claim their losses as lawsuits moved forward.
They will likely be consolidated into one class action that affects all collapse claims that will be submitted in mid-August.
But Hanzman said even with property sales and Payment of Champlain Towers insurance, it might not be enough money to get around.
“Maybe it won’t be enough to compensate for everyone for what they claim,” said the judge.
But he warned lawyers to ensure their case was Ironcolad.
“I’m not interested in ‘Hail Mary’ claims.” Another session is scheduled next Wednesday.
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