CLARKSBURG — A gas company is suing property owners David James Mullan and Candy Jo Mullan for tortious interference related to the plaintiff's construction of a gas pipeline.
Columbia Gas Transmission LLC filed a complaint April 30 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia Clarksburg Division, alleging that the defendants intentionally obstructed and interfered with Columbia’s construction of a pipeline.
According to the complaint, Columbia began experiencing construction delays on March 19 because the defendants used various tactics to harass, intimidate and interfere with Columbia's work crews.
As a result, Columbia said it would not be able to meet its construction schedule, causing it to incur substantial liability to third-party shippers.
The plaintiff alleges that the defendants behaved in an aggressive and/or threatening manner toward its work crews on a number of occasions and actively interfered with the crew's use of a haul route, causing delays in pipeline construction.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks a permanent injunction, damages in an amount to be determined at trial, interest, costs and other relief the court deems just and proper. It is represented by Lori A. Dawkins and John D. Pizzo of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC in Bridgeport.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia case number 1:18-cv-00079-IMK
