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I just saw a video from a local news channel about a different patch of land in Georgia where Georgia Power was given an easement across a bunch of people's land, essentially cutting these people's property in half, then they clear cut the forest at the back of their properties and installed some giant transmission line towers also to power datacenters. One young couple interviewed had just bought their property and were planning on using the land to grow food but now they can't and they also can't sell because only half their property is usable despite them having paid for the entire plot.
It's sort of the risk you take when buying a property with an easement though. Their realtor should have disclosed that.
If it wasn't there when they bought it the utility company should have had to at least pay market value for the land.
I think in this case they are actually using eminent domain for it.
Basically they are reaching out to families, asking for permission, and then when denied that permission going through the state/town and getting permission that way.
The easement taking up half their land was the "compromise" that the utility company gave them, because they already had a signed eminent domain notice on the entire property. They were going to have the line no matter what, it was whether the current owners wanting to have part of the property, or none of the property. its pretty sickening.
I believe they can sue though. Might depend on the law there but I was literally just watching a video of a lawyer going over what to do if your property is seized and or used in violation of your right to enjoy your property and there's an avenue for land owners to sue.
https://youtube.com/shorts/xSlpDry0gms?is=Lr7vflRiMWBUaTVr
Could also track down the CEO, trap them in their own dwellings, and set them on fire.
That requires slightly more work though
You never get the smell of burning flesh out of your nose.
The trick is to use a proper flamethrower. Then you don't have to worry about being close enough to smell it.
Besides, it's the skin hair and fat that smells bad, the muscle itself smells... Not good, but like... Not gross or anything.
Source of smell: accidents from my past.
The last proper flame thrower designed as a weapon was the M202 FLASH, it's a flame-rocket-launcher (with 4 tubes.) Jonathan Wild, who built and licensed one, has videos and a book about it. Total waste of time, but still entertaining.
I was expecting https://share.google/nvBs6e2HKv1muF8ZK
They're begging people start using that shit for target practice.
Aren't situations like that precisely what the second amendment is for?
If only.
Seen similar videos the people are fucked.
Lucifer! No compensation for that?!
They need to sue right away, eminent domain without compensation is a violation of the Fifth Amendment.
I'm sure some young couple in rural Georgia that just made the biggest purchase of their entire life will jump right on that. I'm sure they've got a huge reserve fund for legal expenses set aside. /s
Absolutely this.
While lawsuits seem to drive the American economy, maybe we don't all have a lawsuit fund to go alongside our medical expense account, because we're too busy paying for housing and heat and light and food and gas.
...and maybe we shouldn't feel like the credible threat of a lawsuit is the only thing keeping people in line.
Some lawyers work on commission!
Like AstralPath said, the take a fairly large portion of the final payout, but more than that, when they are working on commission, they pay for all the costs, which isn't very tempting. For most laywers, if not all, working on commision, the have to be fairly certain of two things:
Unfortunately, not both are true that often. So, many people are just left screwed over with no way to recover anything
True, but your settlement to recoup costs gets eaten by the lawyer, likely to leave you with very little at the end of the day. So the defendant gets a slap on the wrist, you get a pittance and you're still fucked.
I'd sue no matter what just out of principle, but just sayin' lol
I'd rather have justice and $1 than no justice and no dollar
Correct me if I'm wrong but there is a certain % they are allowed to take if they win the case. Them taking it pro bono should not alter that %.
Depends very much on the type of litigation.
In a sane world, the company you sue would have to pay your legal expenses in addition to the compensation they owe you...
You can make that happen, but you have to win first.
They typically condemn the land before using eminent domain.