Impact of Trails
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The Impact of Trails Along Your Property
When discussing rails-to-trails claims with landowners, the prospect of an open invitation to the public to the landowners’ property is often the primary concern with the imposition of the recreational trail. These landowners, like all landowners, value their privacy. Understandably, they simply do not want the public to walk through their backyards.
Yet rail-trails are almost always constructed at the rear of homes, and that throws a wrench into the ordinary understanding of where a home finds its privacy. Homes are designed with the understanding that the non-street facing side of the home gets more privacy.
This all changes when a rail-trail is installed. Now, the landowner’s private space is disturbed.
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Notable Success Examples
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In Haggart v. United States, our attorneys recovered $177,400,000 on behalf of 254 landowners in King County, Washington, along a 25.45-mile trail.
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In Raulerson v. United States, our attorneys recovered $33,300,000 on behalf of 264 landowners in Beaufort County, South Carolina, along a 25.05-mile trail.
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In Smith v. United States, our attorneys recovered $26,477,000 on behalf of 29 landowners in King County, Washington, along a 25.45-mile trail.
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In Ansley Walk v. United States, our attorneys recovered $18,416,000 on behalf of 5 landowners in Fulton County, Georgia, along a 1-mile trail.
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In Furlong v. United States, our attorneys recovered $14,200,000 on behalf of 272 landowners in Albany, New York, along a 10.94-mile trail.
