Desktop Review: Gretchen Gallo and Bad Neighbors

November 10, 2020

Desktop Review: Gretchen Gallo and Bad Neighbors This desktop review came from the legal department of an insurance company. The matter was rooted in the claimant whose driveway and swimming pool were being damaged by the roots of a neighbor’s oak tree. Serious damages … think six figures. The neighbor did, in fact, own the […]

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Tree and Landscape Settlements: The Man Behind the Green Curtain

June 10, 2019

When a tree falls on a person or property, insurance companies basically want to know three things:  What caused the tree failure?  Was there a defect that was open and obvious prior to the fall?  What is the value of the subject tree and/or landscape? The answer to the first question is typically answered by […]

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