{"id":4375,"date":"2020-03-26T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/?p=4375"},"modified":"2020-03-31T12:57:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T16:57:02","slug":"new-jersey-supreme-court-denies-damages-for-removal-of-neighbors-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/new-jersey-supreme-court-denies-damages-for-removal-of-neighbors-trees.html","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Supreme Court Denies Damages for Removal of Neighbor\u2019s Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"

In April, 2016, I wrote about the New Jersey Appellate Division\u2019s Opinion in Scannavino v. Walsh<\/a>, 445 NJ Super 162 (App\u00a0 Div. 2016), which set forth the law on the liability of property owners whose trees\/vegetation encroaches on the neighbor\u2019s property.\u00a0 In that case, Plaintiff alleged that defendants improperly allowed the roots of trees on their property to cause damage to a retaining wall between the parties\u2019 properties.\u00a0 Because the defendants did not plant or preserve the trees, they were deemed a natural condition for which the defendants were not liable. The Opinion is very helpful in dealing with many situations involving encroaching trees\/vegetation between neighbors.<\/p>\n

I concluded in writing about the Scannavino<\/u> case, with \u201cIt will be very interesting to see how the nuisance cases \u201cin the middle\u201d (pure \u201cnatural\u201d occurrences versus \u201cartificial\u201d conditions) evolve and are determined.\u201d\u00a0 Further, it will be interesting to see if the New Jersey Supreme Court (\u201cthe Court\u201d) decides to further clarify the issues and\/or adopt the more liberal view (simple reasonable care standard) imposing liability set forth in the Restatement (Third) of Torts \u00a754 (2012).<\/p>\n

Well, the New Jersey Supreme Court has weighed in, but I am not sure if the Court has really clarified the issues.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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