BUTTE - Some Butte residents recently filed a lawsuit against Montana Resources claiming Butte’s recent water contamination scare caused them economic and emotional hardship.

The Graybill Law Firm filed a class action complaint against Montana Resources on behalf of two Butte residents seeking undisclosed monetary damages.

The suit alleges the mine was negligent in the Aug. 13 th incident in which processed water from the mine got cross connected with a water line connected to Butte’s municipal water system.

The lawsuit states plaintiffs Amanda Longfield and Eric Jozovich were “severely inconvenienced by being unable to consume and otherwise use the public water.”

And they “incurred monetary damages for the costs of bottled water and other mitigation costs …” and this “caused anxiety

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