Liability of neighbors for sewer damage - Free Advice

Questioner

Due to odor nuisance from the crawl space, we called in a sewer company that performed a smoke test at our place. He could not detect any leak in the sewer. He did see a lot of water in the crawl space, which made him suspect that the problem was probably at the neighbors. He also performed a smoke test at their place and indeed the problem turned out to be at the neighbors (broken sewer pipe). I received the bill for both the smoke test at our place and at the neighbors. I have two questions: 1. Can I hold the neighbors liable and fully recover the costs of the smoke test from them? 2. They are obliged to reimburse me for part of the smoke test.

Lawyer

You can hold them liable for all damage and costs resulting from the leak. This is my speciality. I am happy to help you with this. Feel free to contact me without obligation.