Atlanta City Council approves $480,000 settlement in water meter lawsuits

Atlanta's City Council voted Monday to approve a $480,000 payment to settle all claims in two putative class action lawsuits in which plaintiffs said they were wrongly billed for water and sewer usage. The plaintiffs, Aurora Holdings LLC and Buckhead resident John Benator, said the city negligently failed to maintain large and small water meters and provided inaccurate billing information. Atlanta's attorneys determined that the city's potential legal exposure was "far in excess" of the settlement amount, prompting the settlement.

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