Lawsuit accuses dam owner of a decade of negligence

Pinehurst residents are taking legal action following the failure of a local dam amid Tropical Storm Chantal. The lawsuit alleges negligence and seeks reparations for extensive property damage.
Posted 9/26/2025, 10:31:08 PM Updated 9/26/2025, 11:00:09 PM

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>> MEANTIME, A NEW LAWSUIT

FILED THIS WEEK ACCUSES ADDAM

OWNER OF NEGLIGENCE AFTER ITS

FAILURE LED TO 3 HOMES FLOODING

DURING TROPICAL STORM SEAN TALL

IN JULY. FAMILIES IN THOSE

HOMES ARE RECOVERING WHILE

GETTING READY FOR THIS NEXT

SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH WRL'S

CARLY HAYNES SPOKE OF THE

VICTIM'S ATTORNEY TO SEE HOW

THE PROGRESS IS GONE SO FAR.

AS MOORE COUNTY NEIGHBORS GEAR

UP FOR POTENTIALLY MORE RAIN.

A NEW LAWSUIT CENTERS AROUND

FLOODING NEARLY 3 MONTHS AGO.

>> WHEN THIS DAM FAILED, WET

CARPETS AND DUMPSTERS OF

BELONGINGS STILL SIT IN THE

BACKYARDS OF PINE GROVE VILLAGE

IN MOORE COUNTY.

IT WAS IN JULY WHEN RICKY

HERRERA WADED THROUGH HIS

FLOODED BASEMENT.

>> AND OUR FAMILIES ARE STILL

VERY, VERY FAR FROM RECOVERED.

YOU KNOW, EVERY STORM NOW EVERY

EVERY RATE OF AND WE GET IT

FEELS LIKE A THREAT. THE WATER

WENT DOWNSTREAM AFTER THIS DAM

FAILED.

>> NOW A NEW LAWSUIT SOON AS

THE DAM'S OWNER FOR NEGLIGENCE.

THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS U.S. KIDS

GOLF RECEIVED AT LEAST 8

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY WARNINGS ABOUT THE DAM

OVER THE PAST DECADE. IT STATES

THE COMPANY REFUSED TO COMPLY

WITH THE DEQ IS DIRECTIVE CE

PERFORM THE NECESSARY STUDIES

AND TAKE ANY ACTION LEADING

VICTIMS HOST TO FLY. THEY ARE

EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED. THEY'RE

DEVASTATED THEIR LIVING.

>> KIND OF A TEMPORARY TRYING

TO FIND FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO

CONTINUE THE REMEDIATION

GENTILES FLOODS ALSO BROUGHT

WASHOUTS TO CAMP EASTER ROAD

AND LEFT BEHIND MAJOR DAMAGE.

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION WILL FOCUS ON

THE SAME AREAS FOR THE NEXT

SYSTEM TO SEE HOW REPAIRS ARE

HOLDING UP BECAUSE WHAT A STORM

LIKE THAT HAPPENS. IT MAKES YOU

KIND OF REASSESS AND

RE-EVALUATE CERTAIN AREAS AND

WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE THERE.

A NEW TROPICAL STORM ON DECK

WHILE CENTRE HALL IS STILL

FRESH FOR THESE NEIGHBORS.

IT'S EXHAUSTING, YOU KNOW,

LIVING IN THAT KIND OF

UNCERTAINTY.

>> DOT SAYS THERE'S ONLY ABOUT

ONE OR 2 PIPE REPLACEMENTS

REMAINING IN MOORE COUNTY.

THOSE SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF

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