D&S Partner Joelle Rocha pursued multiple legal avenues including: an appeal to the Rhode Island Supreme Court, a lawsuit in federal court, and an appeal to the state’s Water Resources Board.
The case involved an owner of a house whose well ran dry several years ago who will now be able to tie into the municipal water supply here, after town leaders – facing multiple lawsuits – agreed to reverse course and allow her to connect to a main located 200 yards south of her house.