Court blames Northstar for flooding neighbors
By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal
Truckee-area homeowners say an opinion by a California appeals court vindicates their longtime claims that the Northstar Village resort development is responsible for flood damage in their condominium community.
The claims date back to 2004 when developers of Northstar Village built a retention pond meant to capture storm runoff as part of an expansion of the winter resort.
But the project instead dug into and disrupted groundwater in the area resulting in changes to the water table that flooded the Aspen Grove condominium community, killing historic trees and causing damage to building foundations.
