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1.2 million in renovations to make the structure safe for human occupancy. That same year a separate section of the Pier collapsed, which was eventually rebuilt as Club Heat's parking lot. Investigators discovered that in the months and weeks leading up to the fatal 2000 collapse, the owners and managers of Club Heat were repeatedly warned that the Pier existed in an unstable condition that posed a threat to human life. Workers reported that cracks as large as twelve inches wide were rapidly opening through the nightclub's floor, and that Club Heats responded to the cracks by covering them with carpets. On the morning of the fatal May 18, 2000 collapse, a construction firm hired by Club Heat's owners reported that the structure was not safe for occupancy, with an employee of the construction firm warning that the Pier could collapse within a few
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Two Club Heat employees faced criminal charges of involuntary homicide, reckless endangerment, and risking catastrophe. Though not criminally charged herself, Hill paid the legal fees for the employees' criminal defense. In 2005 Hill entered into a global civil settlement which paid $ 29.5 million to
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Philadelphia warned its owners that Pier 34, originally constructed in 1909, would be unfit for occupation by 1990. Asbell was subsequently warned by an engineering firm in 1995 that the site required approximately $
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