Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Maryland

Re: Legal Recourse

Your problem presents a case in what we call the law of nuisance. This doctrine says that if one property owner engages in an activity or fails to maintain his property to the detriment of other adjacent or nearby property owners, he can be required to correct the problem and to pay damages to the injured neighbors.

Unfortunately, this would require you to take him to court--obviously a costly proposition. If you try to resolve it informally (which I assume you already have) and he refuses, you may be in a position to collect your legal fees. If he has insurance to cover this, perhaps you can persuade them to send in a repairman or contractor to determine the source of the problem and correct it to put an end to this, in lieu of court action.