Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Massachusetts
hi,
i have a nasty neighbor who dislikes us over a land dispute,he has called the town on us for everything you can think of .we own a business adjoinig his property ,that has been there for 4 generations 80 years,its a construction buissnes. he has been harassing us for the past 20 years ,he has threatend are life on several times ,we had a restraining order on him when he came after us with a gun .he is hurting are buisness ,we have been scared to do anything on are property ,he is constantly takeing photos of us or stareing at us or our help he has all of my family terified ,my father who is 84 years old recently had a stroke over his harassment ,he speaks bad of us to all the other contractors in the area and are creditors ,my blood presure is sky rocketing im concerened for my health.and my business , i recently bought a house lot from my cousin at a family price ,and i want to build a home there ,i cant even walk on the property with out getting my picture taken ,or watched i now have a file at the building dept 6" thick over 30 complaints ,all with no findings ,i was doing nothing wrong ,just harassing me .he has added on his house 3 or 4 times .he has encroched on my property 2 times ,there fore ruining my property he has disregaurded the set back regulation and does what ever he wants .he has hurt the value of my property .his addition was done 15 years ago ,and i never went up to my property and looked because i thought i would be shot ! his new addition is about the same ,after legal part was inspected buy the town and sighned off he added the rest ! these people have cost me over the years out of pocket 136,000.00 out of pocket and 400,000.00 in lost property value ,and there not done , i would like to sue them to recoop some of my losses. is this posible. dan in hingham ma.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Massachusetts has recently enacted a law which may protect you from serious, borderline criminal harassment.
Failing that, as the standards are very high, and require actual criminal type behavior, you may be able to obtain what is called an injunction to keep him from harassing you. There may be other claims you can bring, as well.
I am happy to discuss how to do this with you, and am sorry that your home is not a refuge for you. 617-230-2779 to discuss.