Property Damage/Nuisance
Representative Cases
- Mediated dispute between members of mountain water district regarding property alterations, property changes and claims of damage caused to neighboring properties due to alterations.
- Handled claim of major damage to property as a result of water flow from uphill property as a result of unmanaged drainage flow.
- Massive landslide case from uphill property onto lower large parcel, with damages and nuisance component due to remaining material on downhill property at time of trial.
- Handled claim between adjacent property owners regarding dispute over blockage of view from new home, after newer home was constructed uphill from existing property.
- Handled dispute resulting from fire caused by worker retained by one homeowner, which damaged adjacent unit, and claims were made for large amounts of lost and damaged property, requiring significant investigation and discovery into property claimed loss and support for large monetary damage claim.
- Handled case where uphill owner was sued by downhill condominium development over water seepage disputed to be from damaged water meter or public utility source causing failure of retaining wall on condominium property.
- Handled dispute between several adjacent property owners regarding usage and improvement of properties and involving issues of adverse possession, easement by prescription, easement by implication equitable easement, easement by estoppel, responsibility for road maintenance servicing properties.
- Handled case involving dispute over easement granted to property owner to allow replacement of invasive vegetation with native plants on beach hillside, with challenges and harassment from objecting neighbor.