We have been able to secure both a date for the hearing to certify a class of all those flooded by the work the State has done on Interstate highway 10, and a date for trial. The class certification hearing will be June 14, 2022, at the United States Courthouse…
After suits were filed on behalf of people in Chambers, Liberty, and Jefferson counties whose properties had been flooded by storm water detained by the State’s work on IH-10, the federal court for the Southern District of Texas consolidated them together and then denied a motion by the State of…
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown has signed an order adopting the magistrate judge’s previously issued opinion denying the state’s motion to dismiss the property owners’ lawsuit. Now that the order is officially signed, plaintiffs can continue to focus on the discovery process and work towards trial currently scheduled for late…
We held our second town hall meeting of the spring this past week and had another great evening of discussion with members of the impacted community. Now that we have cleared the first hurdle of the State's motion to dismiss it is important for everyone to gather records regarding damage…
We are hosting another town hall meeting to provide information to the community about the lawsuits to recover for the damage from flooding caused by the concrete barrier the State of Texas built in the median of Interstate Highway 10 in Chambers, Liberty, and Jefferson counties. This event will be…
We are hosting a town hall meeting to provide information to the community about the lawsuits to recover for the damage from flooding caused by the concrete barrier the State of Texas built in the median of Interstate Highway 10. At the meeting we will discuss background on the State’s…
Property owners along the north side of Interstate Highway 10 who suffered flooding due to highway barrier construction had a big win in federal court today. A federal Magistrate Judge recommended throwing out the State of Texas’s dismissal motion by ruling both that the plaintiffs had stated a claim for…
After local residents grouped together and filed two suits in Chambers Court alleging that highway design along Interstate-10 repeatedly caused flooding of private property, the State has moved the cases from Chambers County state court to the federal court in Galveston.. The State moved to dismiss the first case, but…
Over 40 residents filed suit in Chambers County against the State of Texas alleging that the repeated flooding of thousands of acres of property along Interstate-10 was due to the design, construction, and operation of barriers installed by the State. These concrete barriers were installed to act as a safety…
Winnie residents who are frustrated with flooding aren't blaming mother nature, they're blaming the Texas Department of Transportation. Residents say a concrete barrier dividing I-10's eastbound and westbound lanes is causing the problem because the barrier acts as a dam, making flooding worse for those living along the highway. Read…