Joe C. Meighan, Jr., for Himself, and Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff/appellant v. U.S. Sprint Communications…

Summary

The court held that the trial court properly certified the property-owners' claims as a class action because common legal and factual issues predominated despite individualized damages questions. It held that venue did not require limiting the class to property owners in the county where the action was filed, and that landowners whose property was taken could pursue either statutory inverse condemnation or an ordinary trespass action. The court further held that punitive damages may be available in an appropriate, egregious trespass case. The opinion contains no separate writings.