Couple sue Eau Claire County over basement flooding
Brandon and
"All we want is to be made whole,"
The lawsuit comes 19 months after the
By doing that, the board gave the couple the normal statute of limitations to file a lawsuit for a property damage claim -- six years-- rather than a six-month window, which would have applied had the board formally disallowed the claim within 120 days of its presentation, said
The county's insurance carrier,
According to the Adkins' suit:
Before and following the couple purchasing the home, the basement of the single-family residence had been continuously dry for 40 years, except for one incident in which rain gutters were not working properly.
During summer 2015, the county, in the course of maintenance of Highway II, or
As part of the project, the centerline profile of the road was raised about 6 feet, and the road was widened. In addition, the project modified the drainage ditches on the sides of the road along the Adkins property, raising the elevation of the bottom of those ditches up to 2 feet.
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"Without any action by the county, the two artesian springs and numerous other groundwater outcrops will continue to physically occupy and release water ... and damage the Adkinses and the property, including the residential home," the suit states.
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