Charleston attorneys launch class action investigation for several Dockside Condominium owners

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Anastopoulo Law Firm and J. Davis Law P.C. are working on a class action investigation for some Dockside Condominium owners.

Attorneys are asking for anyone with information to submit a tip as residents were evacuated with a 48-hour notice in February 2025. The homeowners and renters were forced to take only personal belongings with no timeline of when they could return.

“I mean it’s dreadful. We’ve made our little nest here until we go and now we’re on the street with no money,” said Graham Stone, a homeowner.

Jim Davis, a trial lawyer for J. Davis Law P.C., said his firm plans to investigate the building’s management, maintenance, and capital asset reserves. While Anastopoulo Law Firm digs into some homeowners’ “loss of use” claims and reviews documents. Both are searching for answers for these residents.

“It’s enraging that people have been removed from their homes and that more has not been done by the city, engineers, other folks to provide them information about this situation,” Roy Willey, attorney of Anastopoulo Law Firm, said.

However, the City of Charleston and the Dockside Board of Directors are starting a move out process for residents beginning on April 14.

“Now that the building is the way it is, the movers all want a premium because they’re going to have to sign releases,” Stone said. “When we moved in here, we spent $10,000 on moving here but now we’ve been quoted $15,000 to move out. That’s just an added icing on the cake.”

The attorneys expect to eventually file a lawsuit and are urging anyone with information to come forward. They said unlikely sources have reached out, giving an example of someone who worked on the tower when it was initially built in the 1970s.

“We have received about a dozen phone calls about the situation at the Dockside Condominium tower over the course of the last couple of months obviously, since the situation has progressed,” Willey said. “These folks are obviously our neighbors and our friends. So, we felt compelled to get involved and to try and get some answers.”

The city and the Dockside Board of Association did not comment when News 2 reached out.