The Milwaukee Common Council won't appeal a jury’s finding that the city is liable for sewer backups in more than 100 homes in 2008.
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List of plaintiffs grows in Ryan Creek lawsuit
The city of Franklin and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District are continuing to push for the dismissal of a lawsuit over a sewer project despite the list of plaintiffs expanding from one to 206.
Read More »Attorneys recommend Milwaukee pay in sewer suit
Milwaukee’s attorneys are urging the Common Council to pay almost $1 million rather than appeal a verdict finding the city liable for damage when raw sewage flooded multiple homes in 2008.
Read More »Milwaukee residents win higher court costs in sewer suit
A group of 181 Milwaukee residents who successfully sued the city after raw sewage flooded their basements in 2008 won a second victory Friday by convincing a judge to increase amounts awarded for court costs.
Read More »Milwaukee residents win higher court costs in sewer suit
A group of 181 Milwaukee residents who successfully sued the city after raw sewage flooded their basements in 2008 won a second victory Friday by convincing a judge to increase amounts awarded for court costs.
Read More »Franklin flips tax lawsuit on resident
A Franklin resident who is the plaintiff in an illegal taxation lawsuit is now a defendant as well.
Read More »Franklin resident sues city, MMSD over sewer tax
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has $1,160 of Ronald Fratrick’s money, and he says he wants it back.
Read More »Flooding verdict stalled by cost debate
A dispute over court costs is stalling a verdict awarding more than $548,000 to 181 Milwaukee residents whose homes were flooded with raw sewage in 2008.
Read More »Appeal possible in Milwaukee flood damage suit
A case involving 200 Milwaukee residents whose homes were damaged during floods in 2008 continues to inch closer to conclusion, though it’s still unclear when the end will come or if the case will be appealed.
Read More »Judge upholds verdict in sewer case
A jury’s verdict will stand granting 200 Milwaukee residents $1.49 million for sewage backups despite errors in the process, Circuit Judge Christopher Foley ruled Friday.
Read More »Milwaukee sewage case returning to court
Attorneys representing a group of Milwaukee residents whose basements flooded during a June 2008 storm want a new trial because of what they say is an invalid verdict.
Read More »Jury finds Milwaukee at fault in basement floods
Two hundred Milwaukee residents received the verdict they wanted Friday in a lawsuit against the city over basement flooding, but they now must wait to learn whether the jury’s ruling is valid.
Read More »Milwaukee flood damage trial begins
Testimony is expected to continue Wednesday in a trial involving hundreds of Milwaukee residents who are suing the city for alleged negligence because their basements flooded with raw sewage during heavy rain in 2008.
Read More »Justices side with Bostco in Deep Tunnel case
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District must abate a groundwater problem that is damaging a Boston Store, according to a Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion.
Franklin residents mull lawsuit against sewerage district
A Franklin resident is trying to recruit as many of his neighbors as possible to sue the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District over a sewer tax.
Read More »State’s high court digs into Milwaukee’s deep tunnel (UPDATE)
The state Supreme Court on Thursday took up ground-water seepage, rotting timber pilings and years of court battles over whether a public entity can be held liable for millions of dollars of alleged private property damages.
Wis. Supreme Court takes deep tunnel case (UPDATE)
The state Supreme Court's decision to hear a deep tunnel lawsuit has placed the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District at risk of spending at least $16 million to resolve the dispute.
Read More »High court refuses deep tunnel case
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has lost its attempt to avoid paying a property owner more than $1 million in damages caused by failure to properly maintain the deep tunnel system. The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday denied MMSD’s petition for review, letting stand an appeals court opinion affirming the judgment in favor of property owner Cianciola LLP. According to ...
Read More »Appeals judge overturns deep tunnel ruling
A Wisconsin appeals court Tuesday overturned a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge’s order requiring the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District place concrete lining in a section of Milwaukee’s deep tunnel. The ruling means MMSD will not be required to do the work on a 1-mile stretch beneath the Boston Store at The Shops of Grand Avenue mall in downtown Milwaukee. A ...
Read More »Appeals court upholds award
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District must pay a business owner $1.08 million for structural damages caused by groundwater leaking into the deep tunnel system, the 1st District Court of Appeals has ruled.
Read More »Building damaged by Deep Tunnel project may be sent to U.S. Supreme Court
By Marie Rohde A lawyer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s draining of groundwater from under a Menomonee Valley building amounts to taking the owner’s property without paying for it. Jerome Kerkman, a lawyer representing E-L Enterprises Inc., acknowledged that the chances are slim that the nation’s high court will hear the ...
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