CORMIER v. DC. WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

Nos. 06-CV-1370, 06-CV-1371.

959 A.2d 658 (2008)

David CORMIER, et al., Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Reissued October 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter T. Enslein, with whom Patrick Guilfoyle was on the brief for appellants/cross-appellees.

Nat N. Polito, Washington, with whom Benjamin F. Wilson and Avis M. Russell were on the briefs, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Vytas V. Vergeer, Washington, Rebecca Lindhurst, Barbara McDowell, Eric Angel, and Peter G. Wilson filed a brief on behalf of Bread for the City Legal Clinic and Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, amici curiae. This brief was filed in response to the Order to Show Cause issued by this court on June 27, 2008.

Before RUIZ and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges, and SCHWELB, Senior Judge.


SCHWELB, Senior Judge:

David Cormier, who owns eight residential properties in northwest Washington, D.C., brought this action alleging negligence, product liability, breach of contract and seven other claims. He alleged that over a period of many years, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) has delivered corrosive water to his properties, thereby causing pinhole leaks in, and damaging, the pipes and other plastic fixtures in his buildings. Cormier...

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