Date: 01-15-2013

Case Style: Wayne and Janet Doner v. State of Ohio

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Court: Common Pleas Court, Mercer County, Ohio

Plaintiff's Attorney: Bruce Ingram

Defendant's Attorney: Pete DeMarco

Description: Wayne and Janet Doner sued the State of Ohio on an inverse condemnation theory claiming that property owned by them flooded almost every year after the defendant changed the way it managed the West Bank spillway on Grand Lake.

Plaintiff are among 86 landowners who blamed the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for increasing flooding on their land.

The defense asserted by the State are not available.

Outcome: Plaintiffs' verdict for $1.9 million.

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