Fla. Judge Disallows ‘Presumptively Fraudulent’ Claims For Champlain Settlement

Mealey's (August 26, 2022, 10:50 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A Florida judge overseeing the more than $1 billion settlement reached in the consolidated case over the June 2021 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South (CTS) condominium building in Surfside, Fla., issued an order on Aug. 25 granting a motion by the receiver and disallowing more than half of the claims filed as “presumptively fraudulent” after none of the more than 400 individuals who submitted the filings appeared at an Aug. 24 hearing to defend their claims....