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Two workers installing a wooden fence in a yard, like the kind of contractor job that could leave damage behind, as shown by models.
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Neighbor's fencing contractor destroyed my irrigation system and landscaping. Who is liable here?
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Fencing crew working over a torn-up yard, like the aftermath of a project that crossed a boundary and left damage behind, as shown by models.
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Yellow stump grinder tearing up soil in a side yard, showing the kind of damage left by heavy machinery crossing a property line.
Image is representative only and does not depict the actual subjects of the story.
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The audacity required to drive heavy machinery onto someone's property, destroy everything in your path, and then send a formal email explaining why that is not your problem is genuinely something. Most people would at least pretend to feel bad about it. Not this fencing company. They put it in writing.
The neighbor pulling the "I never said that" move is a time-honored tradition in disputes like this. Maybe he did say it, maybe he did not, but either way his contractor tore up the yard next door and his first instinct was to hide his insurance information. That is not the behavior of someone who thinks they are innocent. That is the behavior of someone who has already calculated what innocence is worth.
Small claims court exists precisely for situations where two people are aggressively not taking responsibility for the same incident. Sue both of them, show up with photos, a written estimate, and the contractor's email, and let a judge explain to everyone involved that "somebody else told me to" is not actually a legal concept.
The only person who did not cause this problem is currently the only person trying to fix it. That tends to annoy judges.
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