The home owners who reside in the effected Mount Soledad neighborhood took the ruling as a setback. They are suing the city of San Diego for upwards of one hundred million dollars. The suit claims that three water leaks were a contributing factor in a disastrous landslide which struck their neighborhood on October 3, 2007. As a result of the landslide, three homes were demolished and their main thoroughfare, Mount Soledad Road, was closed to traffic for over a year.
After the month-long trial, the judge in the case ruled that insufficient evidence was shown to support their claims.
The lead attorney for the plaintiffs presented the case to the judge that water content in soil prior to the landslide was too high. The defendants argued that the land that was exposed following the slide was dry, showing no evidence of excessive water leaks while the slide was occurring. The leaks in question were reported repaired by the city in the summer of 2007.
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