The girl friend of the owner of the condominium unit upstairs caused a massive water intrusion in my rental unit 3 years ago. She turned on the bathtub faucet and let water run for hours until the water flooded her unit and all the water came down to my unit. Around 45 thousand dollars was spent to do mold remediation and repair all the water damage. The insurance finally paid all the claims.

4 months ago, the same girl friend of the owner of the condominium unit upstairs caused another massive water intrusion in my rental unit. She turned on the bathtub faucet AGAIN and let water run for hours until the water flooded her unit and all the water came down to my unit. Around 40 thousand dollars has been spent to so far to fix all the damages. My insurance has paid for all the damages including loss of rent so far.

1) Can I sue the owner upstairs or his girl friend for nuisance, trespass, and causing me so much anxiety, etc?

2) Can I sue the owner upstairs or his girl friend for out of pocket expenses that I have incurred?

3) I have put my unit for sale. As soon as I disclose the water and mold damages that have happened to my unit, those who have seen my unit, ask me to give them a discount of 30/40/50 thousand dollars. Can I sue the owner upstairs or his girl friend for depreciation value of my property?

4) Can I follow any legal action against the girl friend in order to remove her from the property? She will certainly cause similar damages in the future.

God bless you for clarification.

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This is a test question by Evelina on 11/4/09

Good morning,

My name is Steve and I had a relationship with a girl who I moved in with for 9 months. While living with her I had purchased a dog and now that we have seperated she took him. Her brother in law is a local Sherriff deputy and he tells me that because I purchased the dog while we were living together it is a civil matter and it's outside law enforcements hands. She occasionally keeps it at his house because she thinks I won't ask for my dog there, but I want to know where I stand. Is it partially her dog as well because we lived together or not?

Something that might make this matter more difficult is that we initally remained friends after the breakup so I allowed her to have the dog a few days a week for companionship. When she found out about my new girlfriend she told me she was keeping the dog and told me I wasn't alloud at her house anymore.

What can I do? My brother tells me that it does not seem right that the dog is half hers. If that were true then the house and car she bought while I lived with her would also be half mine. I don't want to be vandictive nor do I think I have the right to go after them, but I do want my dog back.

We are 3 private companies primarily doing business in the water conservation business. Our direct clients are all consumers. However, the best way to get our product to market is through the government agencies and water municipalities. The water municipalities can use our product to drive conservation through their customers ( homeowners ).

We have learned that gov agencies and water municipalities will not endorse 1 company's product. They feel it is a conflict. Therefore, they have indicated they will endorse the system and product, then offer 3 choices ( our 3 companies ) to purchase the product from.

What comes to mind is a foundation and a consortium. We want to create the best story we can as we approach the gov agencies. Do we start a foundation? what would the benefit be? or do we just find a current foundation, interested in water conservation, to give money to?

How do we group ourselves together ( yet remain separate ) and have a an outlet where we give a portion of our money away? Can we give it to ourselves?

Hi,

My Mom is currently is a home owner (her primary residence). Few years back she started recieving SSI and other social service benefits.

My question is what will happen to her house after her death? Will the state take over because she is recieving SSI benefits even when she have children to inherent the house.

Thanks for any information you can provide.

Bishara

can I get an original copy out of an original document ?

If yes, where and how ?

Notary told me she can just certified the copy not make it as original, so what should I do ?