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<br />.:.12275 <br /> <br />County mudslide ~~it t~Lbe ~;'ftfed <br /> <br />By Reade B.1iley <br />D,,'~ SI~f1 Wnt.r <br /> <br />BEA VER CREEK-Edgle <br />County is expected to p.:Iy a <br />$25.000 out-of-<ourt seull;'ment <br />to two Beaver Ctffk residE'nts <br />who filed a $28 million lawsuit in <br />the spring of 1984 a~ainst four <br />p.uties after tnE'ir c1(pt'nsive <br />homes were dZm.lgl-d by oJ <br />mudslide. <br />The $25,000 st>U]('ment will <br />probably be fin.dizro nell t week <br />c1ccording to Beth \^onitter, Eagle <br />County .lttornf'y. The mum'y will <br />bt- paid by the county's insurance <br />compdny, she Solid. <br /> <br />The Idwsuit. filed ir. U.s. <br />District Court i'l [\om't'f by <br />plaintiffs Victor f).:oLtl.1md .lnd <br />Felix Cantu, twd dskN for $2 <br />million in da;ndges from ugle <br />County. The suit charged the <br />county with ne-gligent dpproV.J! of <br />the Beaver CrE't'k subdivision <br />wht're thE' two homl's an' located <br /> <br />on upper Elk Track Road. <br />The mudslide on Mdy 17, 19&4, <br />destroyed dbout 40 percent of his <br />home. decording to o..laLama. <br />and also damaged neighbor <br />Cantu's house. <br />Wit (mudslide) destroyed three <br />bedrooms complet€'ly.N o..uLama <br />said. H€' said that it 10010. about <br />$300.000 and mort> than a year to <br />rebuild his home. DelaLama said <br />that ht' was just able- to move into <br />the home- again on Thursday <br />€'vening. <br />Arrowhead at Volil i!O in tht' <br />process of settling litigation it <br />fdees as a result oltht' mudslide. <br />Arrowheild ownt>d .In irrigiltion <br />ditch IOCdted aboVt' where tht' <br />mudslide N>gdn. No Arrowht'dd <br />officials could be re.lched for <br />commt'nt FridoilY, <br />Vail Associatt's. Inc.. the <br />deVt'lorer of Beaver Creek. still <br />faces a uwsuit in tht' C.ilse, which <br />asks for $22 million in punitiVt' <br />damages. Ross Bowker, thl' vice- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />prt'Sidt'nt of operations at BeolVt'r <br />Creek. said he thinks the p1a.intiffs <br />Nprt'tty much usN a shotgun <br />approachN in thl'ir m€'thod of filing <br />lawsuits. <br /> <br />Th€' grological consultants for <br />the two homl'S. Woodwdrd-Clydt' <br />Consultolnts, illso still EMe a <br />lawsuit that asks for $2 million in , <br />damdges. ! <br /> <br />",'hitlier said she is rt'heved that <br />the I.ilwsuit will probably be <br />S('uled out of court becauS(' it has <br />taken up about 60 pt'ITent of ht'r <br />time. E.lglt' County has ollready <br />spent about $5,000 on the Pst', <br />she said. <br />VVhittier ddded she could havt' <br />won tht' county's p.ilrt of the <br />uwsuit but the high cost of <br />bringing it 10 tNI mddt' it <br />conducive to dn out-of-court <br />SE'ulemt'nt. <br />The SE'ulemt'nt was the fourth <br />lawsuit the county hds settled out <br />of court in the last SE.'Vt'n months. <br /> <br />I <br />b <br /> <br />( <br />f <br />