The Town of East Hampton will not be held liable for soil erosion on waterfront properties in Montauk. A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit by property owners and any chance of a mandatory beach remediation project.
Montauk waterfront property owners filed a lawsuit in 2010 to seek monetary damages and to force the town to undertake a beach restoration project.
They alleged that the Lake Montauk Harbor jetties exacerbated soil erosion and the town was responsible.
A trial awarded 300 thousand dollars in damages to some of the homeowners last year.
A federal court overruled the award and says the town is not responsible for a problem it did not “cause, approve or exacerbate.”