Court Consolidates 3 Flood Actions against N.Y. Sewer District

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A New York trial judge rejected arguments from one plaintiff that his claims differed from those of others affected by a sewerage system failure and consolidated three flood and mold cases stemming from the same incident. Siewert v. Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District, No. 3507/06; Livechi v. The Atlantic Beach Sewer District, et al., No. 16433/06; Walsh v. The Town of Hempstead, et al., No. 16770/06 (N.Y. Sup., Nassau Cty.).

However, in the same April 9 order, Nassau County Supreme Court Justice William R. LaMarca denied a motion by The Greater Atlantic Beach Waster Reclamation District …