Whos responsible for tree that was blown over in a storm and damaged my nieghbors fence?
I have a vacant piece of property taht has only trees on it. recently , a severe thunderstorm came through and blew over over a tree that was at the back of our property and damaged a nieghbors chainlink fence. My husband went over and removed the tree at the same time noticing that the tree was diseased. The nieghbor told us we had to turn it into our homeowners insurance. We explained that you cant put home owners ins. on vacant land and she needed to file a claim with her insurance. She now is taking us to small claims court.She claims that the tree has been dead for 4 or 5 years . As we are rarely at the property and have had it up for sale for a year. We never were aware of this! She left out the fact that a storm that blew several trees down in our town was responsible. Is this our responsibility? And if she knew the tree was dead why didnt she call with concerns? I live in florida . Can anyone answer this question.Thank you