Neighborhood free, to download on Google play and the APP store It’s been nearly a year since this, home, came off its, foundation and slid down a hill in Bellevue, and investigators say it was potentially caused by an. Asbestos cement water pipe 30 families sued the.
City of Bellevue, and now the city is placing the blame on a private school nearby.
The burst pipe sits between Forest Ridge of the Sacred Heart and Surtees House.
The pipe is made out of asbestos which usually becomes fragile as it ages and, according to the city’s lawsuit.
This pipe was laid back in the 19 seventies.
Now the city claims that the school owns the property where that pipe is located and they asked for it to be installed when they built the campus.
The city examined the location and found the school placed extra dirt and materials.
On top of the pipe quote, adding significant weight and pressure on it, so the lawsuit claims that the school was negligent.
The city says that Forest Ridge breached their duty owed to the city by failing to take care of the water Main a .