KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — Kaufman County has reached a settlement agreement in a civil case involving a pipeline company, its contractor, and its insurance company in regard to county roads which were damaged during pipeline construction.
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — Kaufman County has reached a settlement agreement in a civil case involving a pipeline company, its contractor, and its insurance company in regard to county roads which were damaged during pipeline construction.
The county reached a settlement agreement with OneOK Sterling III Pipeline, L.L.C., Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, & Holloman Holdings Corporation for damages to roads in the northeastern part of the county — specifically, County Roads 322, 331, 347, and 348 in Precinct 3.
“All funds received under the settlement agreement will be used to repair actual damages to the roads at issue under the lawsuit,” stated the Kaufman County District Attorney’s Office in a press release.
The terms of the settlement agreement were not immediately available with county officials citing ongoing litigation in a larger, similar lawsuit Kaufman County filed against Seaway Pipeline seeking $1 million in damages to county roads.
Seaway Pipeline, and its contractors, had a $250,000 bond to complete work on the Seaway loop, or twin, crude oil pipeline —a joint venture between Enterprise Products Parnters and Enbridge Inc.— through Kaufman County. The pipeline, which was completed in 2014, ran parallel to an existing 512-mile, 30-inch Seaway Pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Texas Gulf Coast.
Seaway also faced similar lawsuits from counties in Texas and Oklahoma due to damage roads.
Assistant District Attorneys Karen Badgley and Rebecca Lundberg handled the litigation against OneOK and its contractor on behalf of Kaufman County.
“The District Attorney's Office thanks the trial team, former County Commissioner Schoen, and the County’s Engineer, Mr. Ted Sugg, for their work on this case,” stated the press release.
