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Collett v. Cordovana
No. 141297Supreme Court of Virginia
141297 Collett v. Cordovana 06/04/2015 In a plaintiff landowner's action alleging that the defendant neighboring property owners were liable in trespass, nuisance, negligence per se and ordinary negligence for…
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141297 Collett v. Cordovana 06/04/2015 In a plaintiff landowner's action alleging that the defendant neighboring property owners …
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141297 Collett v. Cordovana 06/04/2015 In a plaintiff landowner's action alleging that the defendant neighboring property owners were liable in trespass, nuisance, negligence per se and ordinary negligence for directing large quantities of water and pollutants onto plaintiff's property, the circuit court did not err in sustaining the defendants' demurrers. Under Virginia's modified common law rule, surface water is treated as a common enemy, and each landowner may fight it off as best he can, provided a landowner does so reasonably and in good faith and not wantonly, unnecessarily, or carelessly. Plaintiff failed to plead viable claims under this standard for trespass, nuisance, and neglige…
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