A hearing is set in state district court this week, concerning a final resolution of a major illegal dumping suit, involving a famous demolition company and Texas A&M University-Commerce.
A civil docket call is scheduled today in the 196th District Court in the case against A&R Demolition Inc. It is the first hearing in the case since a settlement agreement was announced last year.
A civil docket call is a method used to call pending civil cases for the purpose of setting trial dates.
In May 2012, the Hunt County Commissioners Court approved a partial settlement agreement and payment of fine from two defendants in the lawsuit the county filed against the Travis County demolition company, which made headlines when it destroyed two north Texas sports landmarks.
The county and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality filed the suit in July 2011, alleging the business illegally disposed of debris from Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Attorneys notified the 196th District Court in July 2013 that an agreement had been reached in the case, although no details were released at that time.
A&R Demolition was responsible for the destruction of Texas Stadium in Irving in April 2010 and Reunion Arena in Dallas in November 2009.
According to the suit, A&R Demolition tore down the former West Halls dormitories on the university campus beginning in July 2010, then illegally disposed of the debris at locations on County Road 4904 — identified in the suit as “the McGee property” — near Wolfe City and on County Road 4204 — identified in the suit as “the Jones property” — between Neylandville and Campbell.
The suit was seeking penalties of up to $25,000 per day since the illegal dumping occurred, for each section violated.