Bahman v. Estes Homes

OPINION

BIRDSALL, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court, sitting with a jury, finding liability against a residential developer and in favor of 16 plaintiffs in accordance with 16 verdicts by the jury.

Briefly, the appellees claimed that their property was damaged by the appellant’s wrongful conduct in changing the natural flow of surface waters in a subdivision which the appellants had developed, known as Casas Adobes Park West.

The appellant contends the trial court erred in (1) instructing the jury on a strict liability theory; (2) allowing the appellee to go…