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Nuisance
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Oregon Industrial Hemp Litigation: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
[caption id="attachment_27707" align="alignright" width="358"] Nuisance pollination can cause a row.[/caption] In recent posts, we’ve discussed cases where a neighbor to a cannabis grow sued the grower for nuisance, claiming that…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
Punitive Damages in North Carolina Hog Farm Cases Reduced
By Greg Blount, William Droze, Kate Hopkins
On April 26, 2018, a North Carolina jury awarded 10 neighbors $51 million in the first North Carolina hog farming case to be heard before U.S. District Judge W. Earl…
TortsProf Blog
Fraley on Unintentional Nuisances
Jill Fraley has posted to SSRN Liability for Unintentional Nuisances. The abstract provides:The Second Restatement of Torts aligned private nuisance law squarely with the law of torts by altering the…
Environmental Law Blog
Nuisance Claim Survives 6 Year Statute of Limitations Barring Claims For Tortious Injury to Real Property
The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey recently (in an unpublished opinion) applied the six year statute of limitations (“SOL”) for tortious injury to real property in…
PrawfsBlawg
Coase and Fireworks
Main Monday, July 09, 2018Coase and FireworksIn my continuing effort to demonstrate what the mundane world looks like through the eyes of a nerdy law professor, today we will talk…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Insurer Must Defend Claims of Negligence and Private Nuisance
The court determined there was a duty to defend negligence and private nuisance claims for dumping materials on the plaintiffs' property. Peters Heavy Construction, Inc. v. X-Pert One Tracking…
Blaneys Appeals
ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JUNE 4 – JUNE 8)
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions | Ontario Review Board Decisions | Criminal Decisions Good afternoon. Following are summaries of this week’s civil decisions…
TortsProf Blog
Rendleman on Nuisance Injunctions and the Environment
Doug Rendleman has posted to SSRN Rehabilitating the Nuisance Injunction to Protect the Environment. The abstract provides:The Trump administration has reversed the federal government’s role of protecting the environment. The…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on Here We Go Again: A Third Legislative Attempt to Protect Polluting Iowa CAFOs from Neighbors’ Nuisance Actions
N. William Hines recently published an Article entitled, Here We Go Again: A Third Legislative Attempt to Protect Polluting Iowa CAFOs from Neighbors’ Nuisance Actions, Property, Land Use & Real…
Real Estate Legal Update
Attack of the Triffids: Knotweed nuisance cranks up a notch
By Indeg Kerr
Investor, developer, indeed landowner in any capacity – recent rulings mean Japanese Knotweed is now more of a nuisance (and a costly one) than ever. With over 6000 UK locations…