PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two years after their house collapsed around them they prepared for bed, a Salem family has sued the Clackamas company it hired to build a basement.
The Oregonian reports that Doug and Eileen Ebanks filed a $11.6 million lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court against Emmert Industrial Corp. saying the company had given them multiple assurances that their house would be safe to live in for a few weeks while the structure was perched on beams while a new basement was being excavated.
In July 2008, the raised home dropped into the pit.
The company’s owner, Terry Emmert, declined to comment on the lawsuit, but earlier had blamed the collapse on saturated ground.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
