Bostco LLC v. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

¶ 1. Bostco LLC and Parisian, Inc. (collectively "Bostco" unless otherwise noted) brought this lawsuit against the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District ("the District") for damages sustained to the Bostco-owned Boston Store building in downtown Milwaukee. Bostco alleged that the District's negligent maintenance and operation of the Deep Tunnel—a nineteen mile, thirty-two foot diameter, sewage and stormwater tunnel, running 300 feet below downtown Milwaukee—permitted groundwater in the downtown area to excessively seep into the Deep Tunnel, dewatering the ground underneath the Boston…