After months of battling village contractors and insurance companies, Joy Gallivan finally received compensation for sewage damage to her home following a CBS News Chicago investigation.
TINLEY PARK , Ill. -- Tinley Park homeowner Joy Gallivan went before village leaders Thursday for help with a watery mess â some four months after a contractor hired by the village caused sewage to rain down right inside her house.Gallivan had been getting the runaround since September, with finger-pointing between the village, two contractors, and insurance companies. But just hours after CBS News Chicago listened to her, bingo â things magically changed.
'I don't know what else to do,' Gallivan said.The Gallivans thought that since the damage was connected to a village project, they would at least have no problem getting reimbursed. It turned out they were wrong. After four months of the village contractors denying liability, and the village saying its hands were tied, Gallivan started speaking out at the Tinley Park Village Board meetings in January.At a Jan.
SEWAGE FLOOD TINLEY PARK ILLINOIS HOMEOWNER VILLAGE CONTRACTOR INSURANCE COMPANY CBS NEWS CHICAGO INVESTIGATES ACCOUNTABILITY
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