Chavers v. City of Mobile

BRYAN, Justice.

Sandra Chavers sued the City of Mobile (“the City”) seeking damages based on claims of negligent maintenance, continuing trespass, continuing nuisance, and inverse condemnation, all related to that part of the City’s storm-water-drainage system that abuts her property. After the Mobile Circuit Court entered a summary judgment in favor of the City, Chavers appealed. We affirm in part and reverse in part, and we remand the case with directions.

Facts and Procedural History

Chavers’s home is located on Seabreeze Road in Mobile. Seabreeze Road is the southern border of Chavers’s…