Huelsmann v. State

This matter involves an appeal of a summary judgment for defendant Department of Transportation in an action brought by the plaihtiff property owners in the Court of Claims, seeking damages against the state for the plaintiffs’ complete loss of water in their well which plaintiffs alleged was occasioned by highway construction by the state.

The basic facts giving rise to this action, and the history of the case, are briefly as follows: The plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Huelsmann, brought this action in the Court of Claims against the state of Ohio, claiming that the state in constructing a…