Condo Owners Ask $8.1 Million From Carlsbad

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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