{"id":105,"date":"2021-06-25T17:12:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T21:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2021-06-25T19:16:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T23:16:21","slug":"miami-condo-collapse-early-assessment-of-causes-contributing-factors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/miami-condo-collapse-early-assessment-of-causes-contributing-factors\/","title":{"rendered":"Champlain Towers Condo Collapse: Early Assessment of Causes, Contributing Factors in the Surfside Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What should have been a balmy seaside morning in Miami quickly turned to chaos, confusion, and horror on June 24, 2021 as a 12 story, 130 unit condominium Champlain Condominium building suddenly collapsed.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/4-dead-massive-search-and-rescue-effort-after-partial-collapse-of-condo-building-in-surfside\/2479570\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami\u2019s NBC affiliate News Channel 6<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> covered the incident, with at least one witness describing the Champlain Towers South Condo as falling flat like a pancake into a pile of rubble. First responders arrived from Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County\u00a0 to assist with the search and rescue effort which will continue and be followed by a thorough investigation. The level of mass destruction demands a meticulous probe into how such a tragedy could happen.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The focus right now is on search and rescue, helping survivors, helping displaced residents and comforting families. In time, victims and their family members will want to understand their legal rights and remedies.\u00a0 Many of the issues will revolve around<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/premises-liability.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florida premises liability concepts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, potential violations of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridabuilding.org\/bc\/bc_default.aspx\">Florida Building Code<\/a>, and other details which will depend upon the results of officials\u2019 investigation. At Gerson and Schwartz, our hearts go out to all victims and those affected. We continue to investigate and gather information. Still, here is a summary of the information available now.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<b>Updated Facts on the Champlain Condo Building Collapse in Surfside<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/miami-condo-collapse-early-assessment-of-causes-contributing-factors\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Champlain Towers Condo Collapse: Early Assessment of Causes, Contributing Factors in the Surfside Tragedy\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should have been a balmy seaside morning in Miami quickly turned to chaos, confusion, and horror on June 24, 2021 as a 12 story, 130 unit condominium Champlain Condominium building suddenly collapsed. Miami\u2019s NBC affiliate News Channel 6 covered the incident, with at least one witness describing the Champlain Towers South Condo as falling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,21,8,28],"tags":[27,10,17],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-constructon-accident","category-personal-injury","category-premise-liability","category-wrongful-death","tag-miami-condo-collapse","tag-miami-premises-liability-attorneys","tag-miami-premises-liability-lawyers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Champlain Towers Condo Collapse: Early Assessment of Causes, Contributing Factors in the Surfside Tragedy &#8212; Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Blog &#8212; 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