Tree Issue With Neighbor/ The Heights

[Fight Red Light]

True, otherwise, if a tornado lifts your car and drops on somebody's head, you would be responsible too.

[77030]

Throw the branches back over the fence, with some dog poop as interest!

My father had a border war like that with a neighbor for decades. As a kid growing up, I just assumed it was normal to skim dead frogs and other animals from our pool and fling them over the fence. Doesn't everyone do that???

[a_guerrajr]

Originally Posted by ahzzie

This is not entirely true. If the tree is diseased and likely to fall causing damage, the owner is obligated to remove the tree or prune it to the point where the danger to someone else's property is removed. If, however, the owner does not take steps to remedy the situation and the tree falls on a neighbor's house then yes, the owner is responsible.

If the tree is healthy with no visible signs of disease or decay and is blown over in a storm which damages the neighbor's house, the owner is not responsible for that damage. The law considers such an event an "act of God" and is not the fault of the owner.

Good to know. I'm not an ******* and do keep it trimmed and look after it.
My concern was exactly for that, with a nasty storm, the tree could take some heavy wind and fall/break/etc.