FAQs Archive - Johnstown Sewer Claimants

Q: What expenses could be eligible for recovery in this lawsuit?

Expenses such as these could be eligible for recovery: cost of testing within your foundation, cost to replace or repair sewer pipes within your foundation, damage to your basement caused by that testing or replacement, cost of repair, replacement or refurbishing any wall, floor, appliance, carpet or item damaged by later water seepage or sewer backup, emotional distress or health problem directly related to the repair or replacement of your sewer pipes or the later seepage of groundwater or sewer backup into your basement, purchase, installation and operation of sump pumps; the testing or repair of your lateral from the foundation wall to the public sewer (IF PRESSURE TESTING ALONE WAS MANDATED FOR THAT OUTSIDE LATERAL), then the cost for the repair and replacement of the outside lateral and the renovation of the ground above it. If home owner abandoned the house rather than test and repair it, damage may be both the value of the building when it was abandoned as well as any emotional distress, moving expenses and cost of replacement housing arising out of that abandonment.

Q: What municipalities are involved in this lawsuit?

Every municipality and authority that transports its sewage to the Dornick Point Sewage Treatment Plant, that is, every municipality in or around Johnstown, PA.

Q: Why should I purchase a share for $500 when I can just sit back and wait for a class action to rescue me and get me relief?

This project has been going on for over 11 years and no class action has been filed by anyone. If the Alliance is not funded now, there is little chance that anything will change.

Q: I already have lost money fixing my home. Why should I spend more to join to the Alliance?

Participation in the Alliance gives you the opportunity to get your money back. Some municipalities right now require you to test every 15 years. Unless they are stopped, every family in every municipality could be forced to do this all over again every 15 years or even less. This government overreach must be stopped and our private property protected.

Q: If I buy a share now, but too few others do so to raise the necessary funds, what happens to my money?

If no lawsuit is filed during 2022, then the funds remaining with the Alliance will be refunded to the shareholders on a pro rata basis after the necessary expenses of the Alliance have been paid.

Q: Is there any guarantee that I will recover damages if I buy a share?

No, but there is almost no chance that you will ever recover damages if too few people buy shares and no lawsuit is begun. We need enough people to buy shares in order to bring suit.

2022 Apr, 29

What expenses could be eligible for recovery in this lawsuit?

siteadmin2022-04-29T15:27:49-04:00

What expenses could be eligible for recovery in this lawsuit?siteadmin2022-04-29T15:27:49-04:00

2022 Apr, 29

What municipalities are involved in this lawsuit?

siteadmin2022-04-29T15:27:15-04:00

What municipalities are involved in this lawsuit?siteadmin2022-04-29T15:27:15-04:00

2022 Apr, 28

Why should I purchase a share for $500 when I can just sit back and wait for a class action to rescue me and get me relief?

siteadmin2022-05-02T17:25:58-04:00

Why should I purchase a share for $500 when I can just sit back and wait for a class action to rescue me and get me relief?siteadmin2022-05-02T17:25:58-04:00

2022 Apr, 28

I already have lost money fixing my home. Why should I spend more to join to the Alliance?

siteadmin2022-05-02T17:29:37-04:00

I already have lost money fixing my home. Why should I spend more to join to the Alliance?siteadmin2022-05-02T17:29:37-04:00

2022 Apr, 28

If I buy a share now, but too few others do so to raise the necessary funds, what happens to my money?

siteadmin2022-04-29T15:39:40-04:00

If I buy a share now, but too few others do so to raise the necessary funds, what happens to my money?siteadmin2022-04-29T15:39:40-04:00

2022 Apr, 28

Is there any guarantee that I will recover damages if I buy a share?

siteadmin2022-05-02T22:19:29-04:00

Is there any guarantee that I will recover damages if I buy a share?siteadmin2022-05-02T22:19:29-04:00