By Darren DaRonco | Arizona Daily Star
A decade-long legal fight over leaky water pipes critics complain are destroying historic adobe structures in the neighborhood just south of the Tucson Convention Center is going to cost the city almost $2.95 million.
A Pima County Superior Court awarded the money to the Rollings family on Friday — about two-thirds of it for actual property damage and the remainder for lost rental income. The $2.95 million, if it stands, is one of the largest ever against the city.
“This is such a vindication for the Rollings family,” said Rollings attorney Thabet Khalidi.
The four Rollings properties, on South Meyer and Convent avenues and West Simpson Street, were built between 1860 and 1885. They are on the National Register of Historic Places.
