KP Law attorney Richard Holland, with assistance from Attorney David Doneski, represented the Town of Plymouth in litigation arising from the collapse of the Town’s 4.5 mile sewer force main in 2015 and 2016. Seeking to recover costs incurred to repair the force main and other damages, the Town sued a number of parties, including Veolia Water, CDM Smith Inc., and Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. The Town asserted that the force main had collapsed from internal corrosion, which the Town alleged had been caused by Veolia Water’s failure to maintain the force main and by defects in the design of the force main. The settlement is reported as the largest in Massachusetts in 2019 by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (link). Click here to read more about this settlement in our most recent eUpdate, which can also be found in the “eUpdates” section of our website.
