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City Not Liable for Meter Pit Accident
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2000.tb08760.x
Subject(s) - metre , liability , business , forensic engineering , engineering , finance , physics , astronomy
Water meter pits found on private property are not public water facilities, according to the Colorado Court of Appeals. Thus, the city was immune from liability for injuries sustained by a person who fell into a water meter pit.