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City law department recommends $204,400 settlement for repeated sewer backups at single home; DPW describes longer-term fixes under consent decree
Summary
The Board approved a $204,400 settlement to resolve claims from repeated sewer backups at a Northgate Road home; city officials said repeated cleaning by crews preceded capital repairs for structural defects and outlined broader DPW plans under the consent decree.
The Board approved a settlement agreement and release resolving claims related to repeated sewer backups at 1543 Northgate Road. Deputy Law Department attorney Stephen Salsbury told the Board the case involved seven plaintiffs — the property owner, the primary tenant and five children — and arose from at least six separate sewer backups between March 2022 and June 2023. The Law Department recommended settlement of $204,400 to resolve all claims.
Salsbury said DPW crews made multiple responses, conducting camera inspections and removing debris, but later identified structural defects in the private lateral that required construction repairs…
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