CARSON v. CITY OF PRICHARD

1951561, 1951568.

709 So.2d 1199 (1998)

James W. CARSON, et al. v. CITY OF PRICHARD and the Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Prichard. The WATER WORKS AND SEWER BOARD OF the CITY OF PRICHARD v. James W. CARSON, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herndon Inge III and John W. Parker, Mobile, for appellants/cross appellees.

Gregory L. Harris of Figures, Jackson & Harris, P.C., Mobile, for appellee/cross appellant City of Prichard.

Philip H. Partridge, Craig W. Goolsby, and Thomas H. Nolan of Brown, Hudgens, P.C., Mobile, for appellee/cross appellant Board of Water & Sewer Comm'rs for City of Prichard.


SHORES, Justice.

Thirteen residents of the City of Prichard and the estate of a deceased resident1 sued the City and the Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Prichard ("Board") for damages, based on harm they had suffered as a result of a defect in the sanitary sewer system operated by the Board; that defect causes sewage to overflow into their yards and homes after periods of heavy rain.2 The trial court...

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