Consumer Law
A Lawsuit Alleges That Negligence Led to LA Sewage Spill in July
A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges negligence by the Los Angeles Department of Sanitation led to a massive sewage spill last July, as crews continue to clean up Southern California beaches closed because of a sewage spill last week.
The class action lawsuit places blame for last summer’s spill on workers at LA’s Hyperion treatment plant as well as the manufacturer of screens designed to filter debris from raw sewage, the Southern California News Group reported.
Debris clogging a filtering screen became clogged, triggering a flood at the plant that prompted workers to intentionally discharge millions of gallons of raw sewage into the ocean on July 11.
