02/24/2022
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Becker, formerly known as Becker and Poliakoff, has been the leading force in influencing Florida’s condo living regulations since the building boom years. Becker represented the Champlain Towers South condo association for three decades. In the lawsuit, victims accused the firm of “callous, reckless, and conscious disregard” for the safety of residents and claimed that Becker “had knowledge of complaints from residents regarding the building’s condition for years before the collapse.” The Fort Lauderdale-based law firm, which helped write much of Florida’s condo legislation empowering associations, “had a responsibility and duty to warn about the imminent nature of the damage and the extreme risk to the residents and occupants of CTS posed by the structural damage” discovered by Morabito, but failed to take action, according to the lawsuit.