My wife reads that often...it's a form of entertainment for her. She shares some of the stories with me and it just baffles me that the things she's reading are actually real life events.

Not sure what your rules are but here buildings and trees are different, buildings (including overhangs) must be at least x.x feet away from the property lines, trees can be right up to it and hang over.

Trees CAN be right on the property line and hang over here too .... many times they do. They can also be cut back to the property line if your neighbor chooses ... and this includes roots & limbs. I love trees, but have cut roots before that were causing damage on my side.... not enough to harm the tree.

And if your neighbor's healthy tree falls on your house, car, etc. Well .... that's your problem .... not hi$.

That's the way it is everywhere I've ever lived fwiw.

Here in CA a tree fell over the property line and the owner whose land the tree was planted on paid for the fence and clean up. I know. It was my dad's tree and I had cut a trench near the roots for a gas line to his pool heater. A windy storm came up before the roots could re-establish.

Talked with my son last night , the GC is coming up with a few solutions and getting back to him . So for now it's wait and see .