Residents of Sandomierz, Gorzyce and Tarnobrzeg, who suffered in this spring’s floods will be filing a joint compensation suit against the Polish State.

The flood victims say that the authorities failed to perform their duties in flood protection and neglected dykes and embankments.

So far 12 people have signed the suit, which was to be submitted today, but the legal advisers say that this will need to be postponed because some 300 more have asked to be included.

Furthermore, some of the provisions of the new law are not clear. Joint suits have been made possible by new regulations which came in this week, among others intended to help cut the costs of court proceedings. (ek/jb)

Source: IAR

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