A civil lawsuit against the 2010 Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors and Tom Olson, the Ocean Pines general manager at that time, about flooded property was dismissed in late June.
Property owner Marsden Furlow filed suit in Circuit Court in Snow Hill on May 19, 2010, because he was fed up with the flooding at his property on Pinehurst Road in Section 3.
Furlow’s lawsuit said his property, which he purchased in October 2005, “Is subject to severe periodic flooding and constitutes a nuisance.” He first became aware of the problem Oct. 28, 2006, when it rained less than 3 inches during a 24- hour period. The small amount of rain, the lawsuit states, completely inundated his property, filled his crawl space and entered into his garage. Since then, the property had been flooded numerous times.
The last flood before the lawsuit was filed occurred March 14, 2010, when less than 2 inches of water fell in a 24-hour period.
Furlow said in the lawsuit that the flooding was a nuisance, posed a health and safety risk and caused the value of his property to drop $50,000.
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