Hulsey v. Department of Transportation

Ruffin, Judge.

C. C. Hulsey, Jr. and other property owners sued the Department of Transportation (“DOT”), one of the DOT’s contractors and a timber harvesting company for inverse condemnation and negligence arising out of the siltation of a lake. Upon motion made by the DOT at trial, the trial court dismissed two of the property owners, J. B. Jones and Ann Jones, on the ground that there was no evidence they owned any part of the allegedly damaged lake property. The trial court also granted the DOT’s motion for directed verdict against the remaining plaintiffs, Hulsey and Reginald Jones,…