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Judge: Government Must Pay Lower Missouri River Landowners for Flood Damage December 23, 2020
The federal government must pay some landowners along the lower Missouri River for flooding damage caused by changes the Army Corps of Engineers made to the river to protect endangered species, a judge has ruled.
The ruling this week by Senior Judge Nancy Firestone, with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, could cost the government millions of dollars and increase the cost of protecting endangered species, The Omaha World-Herald reported.
“This is a big deal,” said Anthony Schutz, an associate law professor at the University of Nebraska. “The potential liability could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars depending upon how many people are included.”
Area farmer awarded more than $3 million in flooding damages newspressnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newspressnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
December 23, 2020 By David Murray
The judge in the
Ideker Farms Missouri River “takings” case has ordered the Corps of Engineers to pay a group of landowners along the Missouri River for flood damages due to the Corps’ actions in creating structures to protect endangered species as part of the Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP). The plaintiffs contended that those structures weakened the Corps’ flood control mission and directly caused flooding that damaged their property between 2004 and 2014. A judge agreed with the plaintiffs in the Phase I part of the case, which is named for Roger Ideker, a farmer and plaintiff in St. Joseph, Mo.