Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
The neighbors yard is 6 foot high rip rap & pushing over my 3 foot retaining /gardening wall,my house was there before they added the second story. Who is responsible?
Asked on 7/04/12, 8:40 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple
Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law
This is too little information to say for sure.....generally, each neighbor is responsible to conduct activities on his land so as not to injure a neighbor's property. It sounds as though the rip rap has been placed in a way that's causing it to overwhelm your wall, but an engineer and a lawyer should look at the situation and hear your story before deciding the neighbor is to blame and can be held legally responsible.
Answered on 7/05/12, 2:45 pm