LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Lincoln attorney has filed a lawsuit against the city over 2014 sewer backups that damaged hundreds of homes.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports (https://bit.ly/2dzF4QY ) that attorney Vince Powers filed the lawsuit on behalf of his client, Susan Dermer. On Friday, Power amended the lawsuit seeking class-action status.
The lawsuit says Dermer suffered more than $10,000 in damages for cleaning and restoration of her basement. The suit says the city failed to have a sewer system that would accommodate heavy rainfall, among other problems.
The city says the storm was responsible for the backups, not city negligence.
Even so, it set up a $1 million cleanup fund, limiting property owners to $5,000 per property. Those who participated agreed not to sue the city.
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Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, https://www.journalstar.com
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