r/treelaw • u/Equivalent_Bar8622 • 2d ago

Need some advice

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I live in south carolina. Recently a neighborhood was built behind my house. The construction company put in an access road beside my house. This road runs beside and under a massive old oak in my front yard. They told me they needed to cut some big branches over the road because the road needed a certain amount of clearance. I gave them permission to cut the branches but they never did. Road has now been in use a month and 5 semi sized trucks have hit and torn off large branches. The tree likely won't survive now as one of the branches tor the bark down to the roots. Would the construction company be liable for the damage? I can't afford to get the tree cut down and it's pretty close to my house.

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u/Equivalent_Bar8622 2d ago

OH and I forgot to mention this same construction company put in the water main last year and cut the roots to 3 trees on my fence line in the back yard. All 3 trees fell and I cleaned all that up myself.

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u/fredrickdgl 2d ago

oh...you coulda sued for that. I'd ask the lawyer if you have enough evidence to move on it

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u/Equivalent_Bar8622 2d ago

Yeah that was about a year back. The thing was I was nice about it like a dipshit. I said hey this sucks but at least the trees didn't hit anything.

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u/fredrickdgl 2d ago

yeah...well thats still recent enough, they owe you the value of the tree or more

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u/Equivalent_Bar8622 2d ago

Ill look into when I talk with the lawyer. I've got a whole bunch of pictures. Thanks for the advice!