airplanemechanic
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I was wondering if we could get some help with this.
My grandfather recently passed away. Shortly after his death, his neighbor came to us claiming that my grandfathers trees were damaging his driveway. We were able to show with Google Street view images going back to 2008 that this damage has been there almost 10 years, so the 1 year limit on property damage in Louisiana has expired. However, he got a lawyer and sent a letter of request to our family discussing the problem and a 2nd letter making monetary demands. In the meantime, we got an offer on the lot and sold it. It's no longer our property. No lawsuit was ever filed while we owned it. I am telling everyone that since it's not our property and no official lawsuit was ever filed, we are absolved of any responsibility for this. We can't go on the property anymore and cut trees, cut roots, etc to solve the problem as the trees are no longer ours to cut. The "lawyer friend" our family is using is saying that selling the property makes no difference to our liability. I think that's wrong. Can you help us? Thanks!!!
My grandfather recently passed away. Shortly after his death, his neighbor came to us claiming that my grandfathers trees were damaging his driveway. We were able to show with Google Street view images going back to 2008 that this damage has been there almost 10 years, so the 1 year limit on property damage in Louisiana has expired. However, he got a lawyer and sent a letter of request to our family discussing the problem and a 2nd letter making monetary demands. In the meantime, we got an offer on the lot and sold it. It's no longer our property. No lawsuit was ever filed while we owned it. I am telling everyone that since it's not our property and no official lawsuit was ever filed, we are absolved of any responsibility for this. We can't go on the property anymore and cut trees, cut roots, etc to solve the problem as the trees are no longer ours to cut. The "lawyer friend" our family is using is saying that selling the property makes no difference to our liability. I think that's wrong. Can you help us? Thanks!!!