07-23-2007, 05:03 PM
Jeff,
me again, urging you to give up on the whole "criminal" line of thinking with them, the TRO's, etc.. It is not a police job to investigate land boundaries.
If you want to stay there, then I really think you need to go civil law. Get a good lawyer, work up all the causes of action you can support, and hit them in the pocketbook.
Do not engage with them personally again except in the presence of a third party who would be a credible witness.
All communications should be in writing and should be entirely civil and rational on your part.
Put up a camera system and let them know it's there and will pick up their intentionally poisoning your plants.
If you sue them, the chances are that their homeowners' insurance will defend them for causes of action that are not intentional; I believe trespass is one of the covered torts as is negligence. Your choice of strategy to bring in insurers, as that will put some money on the table and a possible settlement.
Also, once their homeowners' has to provide legal counsel to defend them, their own attorneys will sit on them to stay in line.
Unfair as it is, this is really a civil matter unless someone gets hurt, and you don't want that to happen.
It costs a lot of money to defend a lawsuit; has your bully experienced that yet? You can find out if she's been a party to litigation ... it's public record.
All this talk of walls and screens would be fine if these neighbors were merely intrusive or unpleasant, but they have major boundary issues, psychic and literal, and I think you should stop pushing at them until you get your rights established by bringing in an attorney.
You should stop pushing them because they might do something violent. And, I will say it again, STOP talking to them in person unless you can get an attorney to come over. He said she said encounters can so easily be flipped into you harassing them. You don't want to end up being sued for harassment and assault, but if they get an attorney that could very well happen. All they have to do is make it up.
Take care!
me again, urging you to give up on the whole "criminal" line of thinking with them, the TRO's, etc.. It is not a police job to investigate land boundaries.
If you want to stay there, then I really think you need to go civil law. Get a good lawyer, work up all the causes of action you can support, and hit them in the pocketbook.
Do not engage with them personally again except in the presence of a third party who would be a credible witness.
All communications should be in writing and should be entirely civil and rational on your part.
Put up a camera system and let them know it's there and will pick up their intentionally poisoning your plants.
If you sue them, the chances are that their homeowners' insurance will defend them for causes of action that are not intentional; I believe trespass is one of the covered torts as is negligence. Your choice of strategy to bring in insurers, as that will put some money on the table and a possible settlement.
Also, once their homeowners' has to provide legal counsel to defend them, their own attorneys will sit on them to stay in line.
Unfair as it is, this is really a civil matter unless someone gets hurt, and you don't want that to happen.
It costs a lot of money to defend a lawsuit; has your bully experienced that yet? You can find out if she's been a party to litigation ... it's public record.
All this talk of walls and screens would be fine if these neighbors were merely intrusive or unpleasant, but they have major boundary issues, psychic and literal, and I think you should stop pushing at them until you get your rights established by bringing in an attorney.
You should stop pushing them because they might do something violent. And, I will say it again, STOP talking to them in person unless you can get an attorney to come over. He said she said encounters can so easily be flipped into you harassing them. You don't want to end up being sued for harassment and assault, but if they get an attorney that could very well happen. All they have to do is make it up.
Take care!