Siding with a local landowner in a recent utility easement case, a North Texas jury sent out a message that real property owners have a right to collect reasonable damages when electric power lines lower the value of their land.
In the trial that was held in Wichita Falls, the jury awarded landowner Edward K. Clack a $393,165 judgment, plus costs against Oncor Electric Delivery Co. The judgment was intended to compensate Clack for the decrease in his land’s value that was caused by Oncor’s placement of a high-voltage transmission line easement on his property.
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