(The Center Square) – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a $17 million lawsuit Tuesday against a northern Ohio company that dates back six decades.
The lawsuit says the United States Gypsum Co., on Sandusky Bay, failed to maintain underground mines that caused dangerous sinkholes near State Route 2, costing the Ohio Department of Transportation $16.8 million to stabilize the road to prevent its collapse.
“U.S. Gypsum’s failure to uphold their responsibility has put Ohio’s taxpayers in a multimillion-dollar hole,” Yost said. “We’re holding them accountable for the money it took to fill it and keep State Route 2 from crumbling.”…