JUSTIN HURT / THE PANTAGRAPH
Illinois’s city of Bloomington may be facing possible legal actions from residents if the city refuses financial assistance to residents that endured property damage during the heavy rains and sever storm in June of 2021. William Marht, a local attorney, claims he has several residents that want the city to pay them over $300,000 dollars in property damages caused by city sewers flooding residential properties. Damages are ranging between $10,000 - $75,000 per resident preparing legal action. Mahrt also makes the claim that it is the obligation of the city to provide financial help to these citizens as the claims are supported by case law and previous rulings. Mahrt and the residents of Bloomington agree that the damages that were inflicted upon residential property was not the fault of heavy rainfall but rather the infrastructure of the city’s sewers and storm water drainage system.