Judge Rules Landowner’s Suit Over Property Damage From Cleanup Premature

Mealey's (January 8, 2020, 2:24 PM EST) -- TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on Jan. 7 dismissed a landowner’s lawsuit against a pipeline owner over alleged property damage stemming from the cleanup of a 300,000-gallon gas spill, finding that the claims were premature because remediation efforts have not been completed (Valley Creek Land & Timber LLC v. Colonial Pipeline Co., No. 19-CV-970, N.D. Ala., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2102)....