View of the land that once housed the Champlain Tower South in Surfside, Florida after the rubble was cleared out, on August 10, 2021. - Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/TNS
MIAMI — Last month, a self-described Texas minister claimed members of his church owned six units at the Surfside condominium building that collapsed and that they had died in the tragedy. He wanted to collect $3.1 million in damages for their loss. But the pastor of Baptist Faith Church in Dallas didn’t even show up for a critical Miami-Dade court hearing Wednesday on his claim, noting he could not attend because he “underwent life-threatening surgery.” “He’s on life support,” a church representative emailed a court-appointed attorney, who has been coordinating the damage claims for the Champ...
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