A jury on Friday ordered Mountain Valley to pay the Chandlers $430,000.
After hearing four days of testimony, the jury settled on the figure as âjust compensationâ for an 8.6-acre easement the company took in 2018, using its power of eminent domain to force a sale when the owners resisted.
Currently under construction, the 42-inch diameter natural gas pipeline bisects the Chandlersâ 111-acre property, passing about 500 feet from their custom-built home.
âThereâs a huge gap that cuts through the heart of their land, 125 feet wide and half a mile long,â Stephen Clarke, the Chandlersâ attorney, said during the first trial to decide just compensation for the owners of one of nearly 300 parcels condemned by Mountain Valley.
For the first time since a natural gas pipeline used its power of eminent domain to take private property three years ago, a jury is being asked to determine a fair price.
A trial began Tuesday to decide just compensation for James and Kathy Chandler, whose 111-acre rural property and custom-built home atop Bent Mountain will be bisected by the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Dillon ruled in 2018 that Mountain Valley had a right to begin construction on a 4.3-acre sliver of the land â over the objections of the Chandlers, who see it as a nightmare to their dream home.
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good evening. we begin tonight with an unholy fury of tornadoes. at least 16 of them, 1 after the other, tearing through american towns today. imagine you re looking out your window. and you see this. a giant funnel cloud in the middle of nebraska. and the highway in branson, missouri, that country music mecca, here it is before. and look after. and a mall in harrisburg, illinois. and here, after the tornado hit. when it was all over, at least 9 people were killed, more than 150 injured across this country. and abc s chris bury has been touring the devastation in harrisburg. chris? reporter: good evening, diane. you can see how powerful this tornado was. this home, among hundreds destroyed in this town of only 9,000 people. the mayor told us he heard the sirens go off. and he knew in his gut that something awful was going to happen. the twisters tore through the night, leaving behind a terrible toll in five states. at least one deadly tornado slammed into harrisburg, just b
good evening. we begin tonight with an unholy fury of tornadoes. at least 16 of them, 1 after the other, tearing through american towns today. imagine you re looking out your window. and you see this. a giant funnel cloud in the middle of nebraska. and the highway in branson, missouri, that country music mecca, here it is before. and look after. and a mall in harrisburg, illinois. and here, after the tornado hit. when it was all over, at least 9 people were killed, more than 150 injured across this country. and abc s chris bury has been touring the devastation in harrisburg. chris? reporter: good evening, diane. you can see how powerful this tornado was. this home, among hundreds destroyed in this town of only 9,000 people. the mayor told us he heard the sirens go off. and he knew in his gut that something awful was going to happen. the twisters tore through the night, leaving behind a terrible toll in five states. at least one deadly tornado slammed into harrisburg, just b