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Family of Flood Victim Jayda Floyd Sues Kerr County Campground Operators

Filed Aug. 12, the lawsuit names two corporate owners and a general manager as defendants for ignoring flood warnings—seeking over $1 million in damages.

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Two HTR RV Park employees look over the area where dozens of trailers were swept away by floodwaters from the Guadalupe River in the early morning hours of July 4.
Two HTR RV Park employees look over the area where dozens of trailers were swept away by floodwaters from the Guadalupe River in the early morning hours of July 4.
Odessa Police Officer Bailey Martin, 23, was killed July 4 when floodwaters engulfed the HTR TX Hill Country Resort in Kerrville, where he was camping in an RV with his fiancée, Jayda Floyd, and his family.

Overview

  • The suit, filed by Glasheen, Valles & Inderman on Aug. 12, is the first civil action in Kerr County stemming from the July 4 flash floods.
  • It names The Davis Companies (HTR Kerrville Inc), Blue Water Development LLC and general manager Ilana Callahan as defendants.
  • Plaintiffs allege the resort operators ignored multiple flood watches, lacked evacuation plans and maintained structures not built for catastrophic conditions.
  • The lawsuit seeks more than $1 million in damages for the family of 22-year-old Jayda Floyd, who died saving her fiancé’s teenage stepchildren.
  • The filing arrives as state committees and legislators examine warning-system failures and propose emergency-management reforms.