Sewer Line Damages Residential Front Yard & Gardens

OFFER: $6,422 . . . SETTLEMENT: $43,000

Before the Take: Over several decades the homeowners cultivated a beautiful front yard garden, with mature trees, shrubs, perennials, and bulbs.

Resident Takeover

After the Take: Almost the entire front yard is dug up to install a sanitary sewer line 20 feet deep across the property. The homeowner’s gardens, including mature trees, shrubs, and flower beds, were removed and destroyed.

THE HOMEOWNER RECEIVED MORE THAN 6 TIMES THE ORIGINAL OFFER.

NOTE: Eminent Domain law is complex and changes frequently. Past case results do not indicate or guarantee future results.
Every case has unique facts and circumstances and must be considered on its own merits.

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