Ohio Residents to Sue Pipeline Owners, Contractors

Property owners in Ohio have filed a lawsuit against the owners of the Nexus natural gas pipeline and two contractors for breaking an agreement to protect their properties and repair damage.

According to reports, Nexus Gas Transmission and contractors Latex Construction Co. and Michels Corp. are named in the lawsuit, seeking damages and $25,000 in legal fees. Complaints leveled against one or more of the named companies include allegations of pumping water and silt onto private property without obtaining permission, destroying farm crops, lack of erosion control and failure to repair damaged land and drainage systems.

The pipeline cost about $2.1 billion to build. It runs for about 210 miles through Ohio and continues into Michigan.

Posted on December 13, 2018 at 3:12 pm

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