Miami-Dade Judge Michael Hanzman gave his approval on where the $2 to 3 million that was left over in a compensation settlement should go after the Champlain Tower South in Surfside collapsed, leaving families and loved ones heartbroken.

A judge in Miami-Dade County denied a group of clergy members’ request for a temporary injunction against HB 5, Florida’s 15-week abortion ban.

A Miami-Dade judge has awarded more than $70 million to the more than 130 attorneys and staff who aided in class-action litigation related to the Surfside condominium collapse.

One day before the one-year anniversary of the Surfside condominium collapse, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge gave final approval to a $1 billion settlement.

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 new court filing.

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.

A Florida judge has given gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost loved ones in the collapse last year of a Florida beachfront condominium building in which 98 people died.

Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman agreed to increase the settlement of the Champlain Towers South property owners who did not suffer a loss of life from $83 million to $96 million — out of the $120 million sale — on Tuesday in Miami-Dade.

The process of putting values on the lives of the 98 people lost in the Champlain Towers South collapse is underway, as the Miami Dade Circuit Judge overseeing the $1 billion settlement decides how to divide it.

A billion dollar settlement for the victims of the Surfside condo collapse was agreed upon on Wednesday.

Lawyers representing families of victims and survivors of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, last June have told a judge that they've reached a nearly $1 billion tentative settlement.

People who owned units in a Florida oceanfront condominium building that collapsed last year will divide $83 million for property losses, with the compensation for families over the 98 deaths still to be determined.

Surfside commissioners created two new committees on Tuesday night that will make recommendations about the way the town will pay tribute to the 98 victims of the Champlain Towers South collapse.

The fight over the fate of a historic building in Miami Beach continues in Florida’s 11th Circuit court. Judge Michael Hanzman ruled on the case of The Deauville Beach Resort.

A court hearing on Friday inched things a little closer for financial closure for the owners of Champlain Towers South and those who lost loved ones, but there are still many details to iron out.

A major lawsuit in the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building that killed 98 people will go to trial in March 2023, a judge said Wednesday.

The time frame for a trial to begin would be July or August, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said at a hearing. He added that he won’t look with favor on delays.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman approved on Thursday a sale agreement of the property in Surfside where a 12-story building collapsed on June 24 killing 98 people.

The fight over whether the site of June’s deadly Florida condominium collapse should be sold for development or turned into a memorial boiled over during an emotional court hearing.

The Wall of Hope is where family and friends would gather to remember the 98 victims who died when the Champlain Towers South building collapsed.

As the land where the Champlain Towers building collapsed remains a crime scene, action now shifting to courts.

A judge says victims and families who suffered losses in the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront Florida condominium will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially.

The hearing before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman included attorneys representing all parties related to the Surfside collapse, including those who survived the tragedy, families of victims who were killed as well as others whose property was destroyed in the disaster.

The search and recovery operation continues Wednesday at the site of the former 12-story Champlain Towers South in Miami-Dade County’s town of Surfside.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman ordered that the process begin to sell the site of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, which could fetch $100 million, according to court records.

So many lawsuits are being filed after the Champlain Towers South condo collapse that it threatens to overwhelm the court system in Miami.

A Miami circuit judge this week rejected a suit by Jorge Añez that alleged his Florida-based partners had overcharged Avior for parts and services. Añez’s claim of 100% ownership of Avior is a complete fabrication, which reeks of afterthought and was concocted only after ......a dispute over the operations of Avior,” the judge wrote. The partner Añez tried to force out is an investment group that includes Carlos Kauffmann and Moises Maionica. But as the U.S. has imposed stiff sanctions on Venezuela, the airline has once again come upon hard times. He also filed the Miami lawsuit against his partners, accusing them of using a Florida-registered company they also owned to overcharge the airline by several millions of dollars for parts, supplies and maintenance.