An appeals court ruled that the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) must pay E-L Enterprises, Inc., for damaging the structure of its building during a construction project, the Associated Press reported.
The taxpayer-funded MMSD will have to pay E-L Enterprises Inc. $624,000 already ordered by a judge plus additional attorneys fees.
E-L Enterprises filed the suit in 2004, saying MMSD’s construction of a sewer line beneath its building caused extensive structural damage.
Last year, a jury agreed the project drained groundwater beneath the building, causing wood pilings to rot and the building to settle.
The District 1 Court of Appeals rejected several appeal arguments from MMSD on Dec. 23, 2008.
Source: Associated Press
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