Sewage was overflowing at military family’s Fort Jackson house. Then a 4-year-old got sick
Morgan Hughes
Mon, November 25, 2024 at 3:40 PM EST3 min read
A family is suing Fort Jackson’s housing provider, alleging continuous sewage leaks led to their four-year-old son contracting encephalitis, which can cause permanent brain damage.
Travis Wilson, a military chaplain, and his wife Jaclyn signed the lease for a house on the Fort Jackson military base in December 2022 and moved in with their six children shortly after. Problems with the house, particularly sewage problems, were immediately apparent, according to the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court earlier this month.
An upstairs toilet overflowed almost as soon as the family moved in. When maintenance workers arrived, they “simply locked the door to the bathroom and said they would return later.” While the Wilsons waited for the maintenance crew to return, sewage leaked through the ceiling and into the kitchen below, according to the complaint.
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