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Texas Judge Declines to Close Camp Mystic at Family's Request After Last Year's Floods
Judge preserves flood-damaged cabins for evidence while allowing reopening of Cypress Lake camp section; over 800 campers have registered for summer, lawyers said.
- At a Wednesday hearing in Austin, District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ruled that the Guadalupe portion of Camp Mystic must remain closed and unchanged, while allowing the Cypress Lake portion to reopen this summer.
- The family of 8-year-old Cile Steward filed a lawsuit following the July 4 flood, objecting to reopening plans made without their consultation.
- Court exhibits included photographs of rising floodwaters shown in court, and at least 200 people attended as Edward Eastland testified that floodwaters forced double doors open and occupants broke out a window to evacuate.
- Operationally, the judge's order means Camp Mystic cannot use the Guadalupe campus as a base, must get state regulator approval, and applications are due by the end of the month while state leaders urge nonrenewal.
- Legal analysts say the ruling could shape at least five lawsuits against Camp Mystic as more than 850 campers have signed up for summer, amid fallout from at least 136 deaths in the July 4th flood.
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Parents of Missing 8-Year-Old Help Score Legal Win Against Camp Where She Was Swept Away in Flooding Tragedy
“Today was a legal and moral victory for our continued efforts to find Cile," said an attorney for the familyCredit: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, PoolThe parents of Cecilia "Cile" Steward, the only remaining missing camper from last year’s Camp Mystic flooding tragedy, helped score a legal win amid the camp’s plan to reopen this summer.As part of their lawsuit, which accused the camp of negligence and gross negligence, Will and C…
Camp Mystic can’t alter flood-damaged area while civil suit proceeds, judge rules
Camp Mystic cannot alter its property by the Guadalupe River where 27 girls and the camps executive director died last summer, so that evidence can be preserved while a lawsuit proceeds, a judge in Austin ruled Wednesday.The camp cannot demolish, repair or reconstruct a number of cabins where campers slept when a massive flood struck on July 4, Travis County District Court Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said.The camp also cannot modify its grounds or …
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