The claims ask for $750,000 for the value of each home plus $50,000 for loan costs and another $350,000 for emotional distress. The claims blame the city for the landslide due to inappropriate maintenance of water and sewer lines. Patrick E. Catalano is referenced in the article.
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The $7.1 million claim made by the homeowners association states that the cause of the slope failure that damaged the complex was the city’s failure to maintain lines that service fire hydrants in the area. It alleges that water from these lines then seeped into the surrounding area, saturating the hill and causing the slope failure. Patrick E. Catalano is quoted in the article.
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Each homeowner has filed a $1 million claim with the city. One of the homes has been ‘red tagged’ (meaning it is no longer inhabitable) while the other was damaged severely enough that the owner is no longer living on the premises. Patrick E. Catalano is quoted in the article.
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