New trial ordered over Wahoo library sprinkler damage
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INCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Wahoo city officials will get another chance to try to prove a contractor’s negligence after a sprinkler system in their local library burst and caused an estimated $160,000 in damage.
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the legal dispute between the city and a contractor that was hired to inspect and maintain the system.
Part of the library’s ceiling collapsed in January 2014 under the weight of water that had accumulated after a sprinkler pipe froze and burst.
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Wahoo city officials sued three companies that were involved with the sprinkler system, but the only one that went to trial was NIFCO Manufacturing Systems.