A defunct New Mexico cannabis cultivator sued the state last month, claiming a negligent state worker ruined the crop and ultimately the company with an accidental toxic flood from an historic irrigation canal.
In a lawsuit filed Aug. 28 in state court, Albuquerque Cannabis Corp. is seeking $442,000 in damages for an August 2023 incident in which a state worker allegedly allowed a flood that destroyed 850 plants along with cultivation equipment, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
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The flood tainted the plants with water “inundated with fecal bacteria,” according to the suit.
The lawsuit names Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Attorney General Raul Torrez and other state officials as defendants.
State officials declined to comment on the pending litigation.
According to the suit, Albuquerque
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