Plumbing giant Roto-Rooter has been sued by 36 Twin Cities homeowners who said the company exaggerated the extent of their plumbing problems and then charged them for expensive, unnecessary repairs.

We had a very tough case because our house is more than a 100 years old and so is its plumbing. We water was pouring from everywhere. We called several companies and they refused to do anything. Then ...

Roto-Rooter has become so synonymous with sewer and drain cleaning in the minds – and speech – of most Americans that many of us are shocked to find this common term is actually a trademark. It refers ...

AVON LAKE, Ohio -- It’s a business most are familiar with, yet one you most likely don’t want to need. The business is hiring and continues to thrive -- even after nine decades. And, chances are, most ...

LITTLETON, Colo. (CBS4) - For 29 years Eileen Gaumond has owned her home. About a year-and-a-half ago she had a new sewer line installed at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars. Then earlier this ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --While we're thinking turkey and shopping, it's the plunger that symbolizes the holiday best for plumbers. That's because Thanksgiving creates more clogs than any other day of the ...

MINNEAPOLIS - A class action accuses Roto-Rooter of running "a fake sewer line repair swindle" by "systematically pressuring homeowners into unnecessary repair jobs by misleading them into thinking ...