South Florida attorneys helped negotiate settlements totaling more than $5 million for the families of 10 people who died when the ship El Faro sank during Hurricane Joaquin.
Each of the 10 families will receive $500,000 for pre-death pain and suffering, but the settlements “included an amount for economic damages well above” that, said Miami attorney Jason Margulies of Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkleman, who represented five of the families. Attorney fees were not included in the settlement document.
