California Inverse Condemnation Attorney

Property owners most often seek to fight condemnation when eminent domain threatens to take their land, homes, or businesses. In some cases, however, the opposite is true. Perhaps the Army Corps of Engineers failed to condemn property which is later destroyed by flood or other foreseeable disaster.

To schedule a consultation regarding California property damage which might have been prevented through timely condemnation, contact inverse condemnation attorney Robert J. Ernst, III. in Salinas, California.

When the Government's Failure to Condemn Resulted in Damage to Your Property

Legal remedies in cases where a landscape change performed by the government brought new hazards to neighboring areas may include inverse condemnation lawsuits. Inverse condemnation claims state that the government's failure to act was negligent and resulted in damages to a property owner. The legal procedures of inverse condemnation are similar to those of property owners who fight the threat of eminent domain.

Condemnation by Default?

Inverse condemnation is a legal means to declare that the government, through its actions, has devalued your property -- or that it has, essentially, taken your land by default when its failure to condemn resulted in fire or flood loss.

Zoning Changes ◦ Land Erosion ◦ Brush Fires ◦ Flooding

Zoning changes, redevelopment, mud slides, land erosion, brush fire, backup of water mains, soil subsidence at coal mining sites, and flooding all may be factors resulting in property damage that a land owner believes should have been predicted. The danger that resulted from the government's failure to condemn your land may be cause for an inverse condemnation claim.

I am an experienced Salinas, California, real estate and eminent domain lawyer with more than 25 years' experience protecting property owners' rights. Contact me to schedule a free initial consultation.