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Broken Arrow residents describe household damage from sewer backup; attorney urges early city response to tort claim
Summary
A local family told the council a sewer backup caused roughly $45,000 in home damage and months of displacement; their attorney said a tort claim is pending and that, by operation of law, a lawsuit could follow if the city does not resolve the claim within a statutory period.
Ryan Fulda, an attorney, and clients Matt and Jennifer Sellers described extensive property damage and personal disruption after a sewer backup at the Sellers’ Central Park Estates home roughly a year earlier.
Fulda said the Sellers incurred about $45,000 in repair costs and were displaced from their home for about six months. He said homeowners insurance covered roughly $12,500 through a rider but that the family paid the…
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