Category: Flooding

  • Addicks Barker “Upstream” Flooding Lawsuit: Update & Next Meeting 4/23

    Litigation Update. Currently, the lead attorneys are working on discovery in the test property cases, including the exchange of documents, site inspections, and eventually depositions. So far, the Government has produced almost a million pages of documents related to this case. We are working hard to learn all we can about the Government’s records. And…

  • NYTimes Features Upstream Litigation and Consults with Charles Irvine & Co-Counsel

    Today, the New York Times published a compelling article illustrating the nature and scope of the flooding risk for upstream property owners, due to the government’s Addicks and Barker dams. We encourage you to view the article online. The article allows readers to view the graphics, and shows (among other illustrations) how the dams work,…

  • I&C Team Appointed to Lead Upstream Cases in Addicks/Barker Flooding Litigation

    On November 20, 2017, Chief Judge Susan G. Braden of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims appointed Irvine & Conner and its co-counsel to serve as co-lead counsel for the upstream cases. Charles Irvine of Irvine & Conner PLLC and the firm’s co-counsel Daniel Charest and Larry Vincent of Burns Charest LLP have been appointed…

  • Charles Irvine Interviewed About Addicks-Barker Lawsuit

    The Houston Chronicle profiled Irvine & Conner’s proposed class action on behalf of individuals living within the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs’ maximum design pools in an article titled “Army Corps should have brought easements to make room for flood pools, lawsuit says.” In the excerpt below, Charles Irvine discusses the Corps’ failure to buy necessary…

  • Addicks-Barker Flooding Lawsuit

    Starting on August 26-28, 2017, the federal government stored massive amounts of stormwater from Tropical Storm Harvey in Addicks and Barker Reservoirs. As a result, both reservoirs reached historically high levels and flooded many thousands of homes and businesses which were built within the reservoirs’ maximum “design pools.” Irvine & Conner has filed a class…

  • Houston Chronicle Interviews Charles Irvine About First-Time Floods in Cypress

    Charles Irvine was interviewed by the Houston Chronicle about recent flooding in the Cypress area. An excerpt, from the article, titled “Subdivision Never Flooded Until it Did, and Residents Want Answers: Cypress residents who once never worried of rising waters now live in fear,” is below. Read the full article on the Houston Chronicle’s website…