Subject Index Construction Law

The General Assembly added section 22 to the Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act. The section provides that a landowner affected by carbon dioxide pipeline construction must receive reasonable compensation from an applicant who has obtained a certificate of authority for damages caused by construction activities. 

On Jan. 30, 2020, the Fifth District Appellate Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling denying a defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea of guilty but mentally ill.On Jan. 31, 2020, the Third District Appellate Court reversed a $45.49 million oil-leak verdict due to insufficient evidence.