Whitemarsh Island, Ga. (WTOC) -A terminally ill Chatham County homeowner is taking Georgia Power to court, claiming a massive utility project damaged her property and proceeded without legal authorization. Catalina Accardi, a Whitemarsh Island resident, filed an emergency motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and declaratory judgment in the Superior Court of Chatham County September 1st. Accardi is asking a judge to halt all physical construction, remove newly installed wiring and prohibit further work by Georgia Power on her property pending a judicial review of the utility’s property rights. According to court documents filed by Accardi, the legal dispute began in July when she first noticed utility crews spray painting and preparing for an underground conversion project on her land. Accardi claims she repeatedly showed documentation proving the work was occurring on her private property, but crews disregarded her warnings. Accardi said Georgia Power failed to come up with a resolution to fix her property damages. On September 3rd, she filed the lawsuit in Superior Court. The suit alleges Georgia Power proceeded with the work without completing a promised professional boundary survey. Furthermore, Accardi claims she has an audio recording of a utility employee admitting that Georgia Power never surveyed the property lines before construction commenced. The physical impact of the work has also left Accardi facing massive potential expenses. In her motion, she…
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