ABBOTT v. United States

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

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DANNY L. ABBOTT, et al., )

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Plaintiffs, ) No. 15-211 )

v. ) Filed: April 22, 2026 )

THE UNITED STATES, )

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Defendant. )

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ORDER

On April 21, 2026, Plaintiffs filed two Notices of Acceptance of the United States’ Offer

of Judgment in accordance with Rule 68(a) of the Rules of the United States Court of Federal

Claims (“RCFC”). ECF Nos. 270, 271. As stated by the Government, “[e]ach accepted offer of

judgment concludes all claims for just compensation, including interest, and encompasses any and

all claims for damages and just compensation which were alleged or could have been alleged by

the respective plaintiffs in this action.” E.g., Offer of J. at 2, ECF No. 270-1.

The Court has determined pursuant to RCFC 54(b) that there is no just reason for delay

and thus directs the Clerk to enter judgment in favor of the accepting plaintiffs in the total amount

of $500,690 for just compensation and interest through September 30, 2025, plus additional

interest of $71.26 per day from September 30, 2025, until the judgment is paid, to be distributed

in accordance with the figures shown in the table below.

Count1 Plaintiff(s)2 Offer Plus Per Diem Interest to Interest 9/30/2025

2 Robert W. Heflin, II 79,443 11.31 10 Charlotte Crouch, Trustee of the 5,183 0.74 Charlotte A. Crouch Trust 12 Kathryn N. Hutchison, Trustee of 14,989 2.13 the Kathryn N. Hutchison Revocable Inter Vivos Trust, U/T/A dated November 13, 2008

14 Jason E. & Jennifer L. Brotherton, 2,394 0.34 for the Estate of Brenda G.

Brotherton

16 Howard A. Monzyk, III & Jennifer 5,324 0.76 L. Monzyk

18 Luann Freiberger and Livona A. 20,217 2.88 Lopshire, for the Estate of Brenda E.

Freiberger

19 Ward E. Fischer, Trustee of the 22,896 3.26 Ward E. and M. Jo Ann Fischer Trust

20 Debra Inman & Pamela S. Biles, for 24,022 3.42 the Estate of Laverne Lunsford 22 Calvin Dean Taylor & Leta Taylor 1,121 0.16 (f/k/a Cathy Taylor)

24 Del Yamnitz, Inc. 27,124 3.86 26 Henry W. & Pat R. Humme, Co- 6,859 0.98 Trustees of the Henry W. and Pat R.

Humme Revocable Trust dated March 13, 2014

28 Joe L. Horner, Trustee of the Joe L. 8,857 1.26 Horner Living Trust

35 Vicki Brown, Doris Hoffman, 9,272 1.32 Wilbert Wankum, Jr., Ronda Binkley, Joseph Wankum, Kevin Wankum, Patrick Wankum & Julia Harrison

39 James Phillip Samson & Rebecca L. 5,846 0.83 Samson, Trustees of the Samson Family Trust, dated January 7, 1998

1 The numbers in this column correspond to the numbers in the “Count” columns of the charts attached to the Government’s Offers of Judgment. See, e.g., ECF No. 270-1 at 4.

2 Accepting plaintiffs are listed as named in the Fifth Amended Complaint. See ECF No.

268.

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40 S E B, L.P. 15,127 2.15 43 Alison Margaret Pensy, Trustee of 8,457 1.20 the Alison Margaret Pensy Revocable Trust, dated June 19, 2009

54 Denise A. Peth, Trustee of the 6,071 0.86 Mildred A. Sassmann Revocable Living Trust, dated August 29, 2005 55 Jeff L. Heintz, II & Jessami Heintz 10,946 1.56 71 Tina Yawn, for the Estate of Terry 21,875 3.11 Ray Stevens

74 Kathryn S. Baker, Trustee of the 10,073 1.43 Kathryn S. Baker Revocable Trust, dated June 16, 1995

76 Kenneth T. Klebba, Trustee of the 159,264 22.67 Kenneth T. Klebba Family Living Trust and Betty S. Klebba, Trustee of the Betty S. Klebba Family Living Trust

82 Virginia K. McEnroe, Trustee of the 35,330 5.03 Virginia K. McEnroe Trust, U/T/A dated May 28, 1993

Totals $500,690 $71.26

SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 22, 2026 /s/ Kathryn C. Davis KATHRYN C. DAVIS Judge