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City's Laws Cannot Disclaim Liability for Water Breaks
Publication year - 2005
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.1551-8833.2005.tb07509.x
Subject(s) - liability , supreme court , law , business , power (physics) , state (computer science) , political science , mathematics , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics
The Supreme Court of South Dakota, in a case of first impression in that state, has ruled that Rapid City, South Dakota, possessed no implied power to disclaim liability for the failure of a water service line between a water main and a water stop on the property of some homeowners.