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WATCH: Update on litigation related to 2020 mid-Michigan dam flooding
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and last updated 2021-05-17 10:13:03-04
MIDLAND, Mich. â Attorney Ven Johnson, of Ven Johnson Law, held a briefing Monday morning to discuss the status of litigation related to last year s dam flooding in mid-Michigan.
It comes about a year after the failure of the Edenville and Sanford dams and the resulting floods.
Lawsuits are in progress against Boyce entities, the state of Michigan and the federal government.
The briefing included the status of the lawsuit, insight from home and business owners and a look at the result of the flooding, one year later.
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the flood that swept through many mid-Michigan communities.
Many of the victims are involved in lawsuits against the state and Boyce Entities, who controlled the Edenville and Sanford Dams when they failed in May of last year. I had my pencil in my pocket and whatever I had on me and we went out, said Carl Hamann, resident.
A pencil is all Hamann had when he walked away from his home after watching water from the Sanford Dam failure rush towards him. If we wouldn t have left, we both would have died. Because the water level came up so fast that water was coming down at about 45 miles per hour, Hamann said.