New Jersey couple loses ocean view, gets $1

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

New Jersey couple loses ocean view, gets $1

By Jonathan Stempel
Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:10pm EDT

(Reuters) - An elderly New Jersey couple has accepted $1 to settle litigation over the building of sand dunes that blocked the panoramic beachfront and ocean view from their home, the state said on Wednesday.

Governor Chris Christie separately issued an executive order directing Acting Attorney General John Hoffman to begin legal action to acquire roughly 1,000 easements, paving the way for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build dunes that would help to protect communities devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

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The $1 settlement with Harvey and Phyllis Karan was announced after the New Jersey Supreme Court on July 8 had overturned a $375,000 jury award in their favor.

In 2008, the Karans had rejected a $300 offer from the Borough of Harvey Cedars as compensation for their lost land and view when building a 22-foot (6.7-meter) high dune on part of their property to replace a 16-foot (4.9-meter) dune.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/25/us-storm-newjersey-dunes-idUSBRE98O13T20130925

[Warpy]

1. I suppose they'd rather risk losing their house to losing what had to be a temporary view.

That 16 foot dune would have blocked it just as efficiently.

Some of the time, I hate to see large awards overturned.

Not this time. I think they got all it was worth.

[JEFF9K]

2. It's hard to feel sorry for anyone with enough money to have an ocean view.

[hunter]

3. If anyone had asked me the Army Corp wouldn't be protecting coastal properties...

... they'd be tearing down and recycling endangered structures and helping people relocate.

Things are only going to get worse. Let the hurricanes pound sand.