Flood victims file second lawsuit against Thunder Bay

A court must now decide the merits of two proposed class action lawsuits against the City of Thunder Bay that are both related to last May's flooding.

A partner in Adair Morse LLP a Toronto law firm that's filed a claim for more than $500 million said the claim is on behalf of three Thunder Bay homeowners who suffered losses.

"They were identified as the logical people to be representative to make sure all the types of harm that were suffered in the flooding would be covered off," Jerome Morse said, adding that's one of the requirements to have a claim certified as a class action law suit.

Morse said the suit alleges mismanagement of the sewage treatment plant.

"And a lot of people suffered damage," he said.

"We believe given the opportunity we can establish it was owing to the fault of the city of Thunder Bay [and] their management of the sewage plant."

A Thunder Bay law firm earlier this year fileda separate notice of a claim for $300 million. Morse said the court will have to decide whether his firm's class action or the one already initiated by the Thunder Bay law firm will be approved, if any.

The city has not provided a comment about the claim.