Securitas' Insurers to Pay $517 Million To Settle Surfside Tower Collapse
Industry giant Securitas has reached a settlement to pay $517 million for the alleged lack of training of its personnel at the collapsed Champlain Towers South, where nearly 100 people died last year.
In this report, IPVM examines the events leading to the case, the lawsuit, and the settlement.
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"Shamoka ****** *** ******* the overnight lobby shift at Champlain Towers South when she heard the boom, at 1:15 a.m. “I thought it was an elevator,” she would soon tell the police, “because no alarms went off.” A fire alarm ************, *** ****** ***** ** ******** hearing **, **** ******* * ***** on *** ***** *****. ** *:**, Furman ****** *** ** ****** ** “explosion,” **** ****** **** *** ****** at *:**, ********* ** *** ********* disaster ** “** **********.”
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