Legal Opinion
Arturo Contreras v. James Robert Bennett and Hilda M. Bennett
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided December 22, 2011No. 08-09-00321-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice.
Between July 27 and August 7, 2006, more than fifteen inches of rain engulfed the City of El Paso, an amount nearly twice the annual average for the desert city. 1 The deluge sent mud and rocks cascading into some parts of the city, destroying as many as 300 homes and causing an estimated $100 million in damage. Against this back drop, we consider here a claim for damages to a residence arising from violations of the Texas Water Code. A jury found that Arturo Contreras wrongfully diverted surface water and awarded James and Hilda Bennett $43,000 in…
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