Damages Question > Property-Owner Rule

Lisle v. Do-Mo Joint Venture arose from a dispute among neighbors about the care of the land between and around their respective properties. The case went to trial. The key damages question began:

and after some instructions, concluded:

Despite the benefit of the property-owner rule, an owner’s testimony was insufficient to support those figures when, inter alia, “the jury was asked to make separate awards for the damage caused by flooding and by trespassing trucks. However, Crandall made no effort to provide damages calculations resulting from these two categories; instead, Crandall provided a blanket, unsupported figure of $200,000 to fix the parking lot.” No. 05-22-00236-CV (May 10, 2023) (mem. op.).