Energy Company Fails to Get Pipeline Property Damage Case Tossed

A unit of TC Energy Corp. lost its bid to get a breach of contract case tossed where a landowner claimed the company didn’t properly restore property after installing a natural gas pipeline.

Judge Robert C. Chambers for the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia said Tuesday that the property owner had “sufficiently alleged a plausible claim” that Columbia Gas Transmission LLC violated the easement and right-of-way agreement.

The company’s failure to correctly restore the property in Putnam County, W.Va., lead to drainage and water retention problems, the landowner said.

The property owner argued that the ...