In August 2005, Bill and Lisa Baker, along with their 2-year-old son, moved into a new home in Cheshire. Roughly two months later, a 30-foot deep, 20-foot wide sinkhole developed in their backyard.

“It was only seven or eight feet from the back door of the Baker house,” said their lawyer, William “Bill” Gallagher, of New Haven. “Thank God nobody was outside that morning or they would’ve been killed.”

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