A busi­ness­man from San Juan has won his neg­li­gence law­suit against the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) over dam­age to his busi­ness caused by a faulty sew­er pipeline al­most four years ago.

High Court Judge Frank Seep­er­sad yes­ter­day up­held Matthew Ed­wards’ claim against the pub­lic util­i­ty in a judg­ment de­liv­ered a lit­tle over a week af­ter he presided over a tri­al.

In his case, Ed­wards, who op­er­ates a store sell­ing pi­rat­ed DVDs, com­put­er parts, toys and ice cream at a rent­ed build­ing in San Juan, claimed that the is­sue with WASA’s sew­er pipeline arose in late Oc­to­ber 2021.