By Karen Caffarini
Post-Tribune correspondent
January 27, 2012 4:38PM
Al Borom, left, and Dan King stand near a pond behind their homes in Merrillville Friday Jan. 27, 2012. The men were among a group of residents who had waged a six-year legal battle with the city to clean the pond and take measures to control the mosquito population. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media
Updated: January 28, 2012 2:02AM
MERRILLVILLE — Two residents of the Innsbrook subdivision say they want to end a six-year-old legal battle with the town over maintenance of a retention pond behind their homes, which has yet to be settled and which has resulted in their neighbors not getting their street plowed during the recent snow.
The residents are hoping to reach a more amicable solution. But it may not be that easy.
Attorney Elizabeth Norwood, who represented about 14 Innsbrook property owners, said Friday a lawsuit filed by the homeowners against the town and developer Ross Innsbrook Development had been dismissed in Lake Superior Court in Hammond in December 2010, with the court ruling in favor of the town. She said the town is now countersuing to recoup its legal costs.
The lawsuit,
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