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Former City Councilman Suing over Summerville Water Crisis
The lawsuit seeks $5 million in damages, plus $55,800 per day for each violation it lists, plus attorneys fees, and an injunction against continued violations.
March 15, 2021
Earl Parris, who served two years on the Summerville City Council in the 1990s and again for four years ending in 2020, is suing Mount Vernon Mills, the Town of Trion, Ryan Dejuan Jarrett, 3M, Daikin America, Huntsman International, and Pulcra Chemicals over a water crisis that forced the City of Summerville to distribute bottled water for weeks.
Parris wants the people responsible for the contaminated water to cover the cost of a long-term solution, The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.