FOREST SERVICE PAYS MINERS 245K DOLLARS FOR UNLAWFUL DESTRUCTION OF MINE

摘要

A South Dakota couple will receive . nearly a quarter of a million dollars from the federal government pursuant to a legal document filed August 11 in South Dakota federal district court (Western Division) to settle the couple's claims against the US Forest Service for the destruction of their property. Arron and Judy Marston, who own valuable mining claims in Custer County, South Dakota, in the Black Hills, filed their lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), which waives federal sovereign immunity for civil wrongs by federal agents. The original claim sought monetary damages from the Forest Service of 400,000 dollars.