Virginia High Court Revives $20M "Flood" Suit By 700 Homeowners Against City Of Newport News

In Newport News, Virginia, WVEC-TV Channel 13 reports:

• Hundreds of Denbigh area residents will have their day in court to discuss why they think massive flooding in their area triggered by Hurricane Floyd could have been prevented by a better drainage system. While a local Circuit Court denied the case a day in court, the Virginia Supreme Court overturned the ruling. [...] Seven-hundred residents in three neighborhoods [...] are part of a $20 million lawsuit against the City of Newport News.

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• The suit claims the City's poor drainage system was responsible for flooding their homes, apartments, and personal property after Hurricane Floyd in 1999. [...] “Most of [the homeowners] couldn't afford to rebuild,” [one flood victim] said. “Some of them had to go into foreclosure a few people had to file bankruptcy I understand. It really put a big hardship on a lot of people - it ruined lives."

For more, see $20 million lawsuit against Newport News returning to court.