NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana has joined a group of neighbors in a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco, alleging that the city’s negligent infrastructure handling caused sewage damage to their homes during recent storms.
Residents began demanding that the city make restitution in June, but now they are cooperating in a lawsuit to force the issue, according to Fox News.
Residents say that their homes were damaged by sewage backup after the hard rains came through the area at the end of last year. Fifty-eight residents, including Montana and real estate billionaire Victor Makras, claim that the city’s poor infrastructure was at the root of the sewage spills.
“For many years, the city has had actual and constructive knowledge that the sewage and storm drainage system in and around the [Marina Boulevard area] cannot sufficiently handle anticipated conditions…
