In early May, Andreas Chodura noticed his toilet was backing up, his shower barely drained and the plumbing throughout his Clearwater, Florida home had essentially stopped working, according to Local 12. His family was forced to use a neighbor’s bathroom.
When he called a plumber, he got an answer he wasn’t expecting: a Verizon crew laying fiber-optic cable in his neighborhood had cut right through his sewer line about a week earlier.
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The repair bill came to more than $7,500, Local12 reports.
What followed was a months-long dispute that left Chodura caught between two parties — both of whom said it wasn’t their problem — until a local WFLA TV reporter got involved.
Two parties, zero accountability
Chodura filed claims with both Verizon and the City of Clearwater. Both denied responsibility, according to WFLA. The Verizon crew’s position, as Chodura understood it, was that the underground lines had not been properly marked by the city. The city’s position was the opposite…