Date: Fri 22-Jan-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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lawsuit-Walnut-Tree-Village

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Lawsuit Cites Condo Developers

Two property owners at the Walnut Tree Village condominium complex on Walnut

Tree Hill Road in Sandy Hook are suing the project's developers and management

firm in a dispute over sewer connection charges for their two units at the

complex.

Joan Crisona, who lives at 17 St George Place at the complex, and Frederick E.

Allen, who lives at 13 St George Place, name Walnut Tree Developers, Inc,

Walnut Tree Management, LLC, and the Town of Newtown as defendants in a

lawsuit filed in Danbury Superior Court.

The plaintiffs allege that when purchasing the condo units they were unaware

of sewer connection costs which would be levied against them.

Each condo owner in the complex is billed approximately $9,600, plus annual

interest payments, if applicable, by the developers as the purchaser's

fraction of the overall cost of connecting the complex to the municipal sewer

system.

The plaintiffs seek damages, costs and attorney's fees through the lawsuit.

The defendants are scheduled to appear in court February 1 to answer the

charges.