From USAtoday.com…
The lawyer who represents the owners of Champlain Towers South blasted a lawsuit filed against the condo association less than 24 hours after the building collapsed to the ground, killing at least four and leaving 159 missing.
“I would categorize it as despicable,” said Donna Berger, a lawyer with the Becker law firm, said of the suit, which seeks more than $5 million in damages for condominium owners.
“The board’s focus is firmly on helping locate more than 150 unaccounted for people, not dealing with an owner who has decided that while there are still people buried under the building to file a class-action lawsuit,” she said.
The association is a not-for-profit company that to represents the owners of the 136 units in the building. Each owner owns their unit plus a fraction of the common areas. Owners then elect seven members to the board.
