CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man says repair workers allowed water from a ruptured pipeline to damage his house and property.
Glenn Steven May filed against American Water Works Service Co. Inc. in Kanawha Circuit Court, citing negligence.
Throughout Sept. 16 and a portion of Sept. 17, 2013, the suit says, maintenance workers from American Water Works were sent to repair a broken waterline and failed to prevent water from flooding May’s property at 68 Honey Farm Road in St. Albans. The water allegedly caused ongoing damage to a one-story frame house located on the property.
May seeks a jury trial and damages totaling $1.2 million, plus pre- and post-judgment interest. He is represented by James M. Pierson of the Charleston law firm Pierson Legal Services. The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit.
Kanawha Circuit Court case number 15-C-1745