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Lawyers in Surfside condo collapse case sought $100 million. Here’s what judge decided
Judge Michael Hanzman speaks during a hearing to discuss the litigation involved with the collapse of Champlain Towers South at Miami-Dade Children’ s Courthouse on July 14, 2021. - Jose A Iglesias/El Nuevo Herald/TNS

Lawyers in Surfside condo collapse case sought $100 million. Here’s what judge decided

MIAMI — Dozens of attorneys who attained a landmark $1.1 billion wrongful-death settlement in the Surfside condominium calamity learned their cut of the class-action case on Monday. It won’t be as much as they had hoped to receive from a Miami-Dade judge. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman awarded attorneys’ fees of $65 million — about two-thirds of the $100 million lawyers had requested before the settlement was approved in June. In addition, Hanzman granted an extra $6.5 million in fees to lawyers who participated in his recent review of victims’ damage claims in the collapse of Champl...

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