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Originally Posted by porsche tech

I’m thinking the insurance companies have a lot to do with it too. In Va we had a large tulip poplar come out of the ground and fall toward the back door neighbors but didn’t hit them. Insurance there said same thing…live tree falls from my yard it’s the neighbor’s insurance. If the tree is dead and does damage to neighbor’s house, then I’m negligent and my insurance pays.
Whatever, I wouldn’t be paying for the neighbor’s problem with my tree roots any more than I would expect him to pay for my problem with his tree roots.

But it was your job to tell the tree where to grow it's roots. You were supposed to tell it to only grow them on your property!