The settlement brings an end to a second trial that had been scheduled for November by U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land. The first trial had awarded the Harrises $135 million, but Judge Land found the amount excessive. The second trial would have focused primarily on the amount of damages to be awarded.
Representatives for the other parties involved were unavailable for comment immediately.
The legal teams representing the parties include James E. Butler Jr., Daniel E. Philyaw, and Caroline W. Schley of Butler Prather LLP for the Harrises; Andrew T. Bayman and Charles G. Spalding Jr. of King & Spalding LLP, and Alycen A. Moss and Danielle C. Le Jeune of Cozen O’Connor for Silicon Ranch; and Charles E. Peeler, Jill C. Kuhn, Mark L. Bailey, and Alexander J. Hill of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, and Charles E. Rogers, Steven J. Stuart, and Sarah K. Carpenter of Smith Currie & Hancock LLP for Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives and IEA Constructors.
The case is H&L Farms LLC et al. v. Silicon Ranch Corp. et al., case number 4:21-cv-00134, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
