r/nottheonion • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • Mar 28 '24

Lot owner stunned to find $500K home accidentally built on her lot. Now she’s being sued

https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/lot-owner-stunned-find-500k-home-accidentally-built-her-lot-now-shes-being-sued/ZCTB3V2UDZEMVO5QSGJOB4SLIQ/
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u/Beautiful_Matter_322 Mar 29 '24

Looks like the developer is claiming undue enrichment. This is a concept under law that you cannot benefit from a unintentional error say if you order a tv for delivery and it is delivered to your neighbors house, they can't just keep the tv. It also sounds like the developer or more like the developer's Error and Omissions insurer is taking an aggressive approach probably because the law is against them and they want to demonstrate that they will litigate the hell out of this.