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PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANTS ARE NEIGHBORS; PRIVATE NUISANCE CAUSES OF ACTION BASED UPON DEFENDANTS’ YEARLY FIREWORKS DISPLAYS AND EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM POOL EQUIPMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISMISSED; A TRESPASS CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON DEBRIS FROM THE FIREWORKS FALLING ON PLAINTIFF’S PROPERTY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISMISSED (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined certain causes of action for private nuisance and trespass should not have been dismissed. Plaintiff and defendants are neighbors. The private nuisance causes of action based upon defendant’s fireworks displays every year and excessive noise from defendants’ pool equipment should not have been dismissed. In addition, the trespass action based upon debris falling on plaintiff’s property from the fireworks should not have been dismissed:

“The elements of a private nuisance cause of action are: (1) an interference substantial in nature, (2) intentional in origin, (3) unreasonable in character, (4) with a person’s property right to use and enjoy land, (5) caused by another’s conduct in acting or failure to act” … . “Not every annoyance will constitute a nuisance. Nuisance imports a continuous invasion of rights—a pattern of continuity or recurrence of objectionable conduct” … . “Except for the issue of whether the plaintiff has the requisite property interest, each of the other elements is a question for the jury, unless the evidence is undisputed” … * * *

“The elements of a cause of action sounding in trespass are an intentional entry onto the land of another without justification or permission, or a refusal to leave after permission has been granted but thereafter withdrawn” … . “An invasion of another’s property or airspace need not be more than de minimis in order to constitute a trespass” … . “Generally, intangible intrusions, such as by noise, odor, or light alone, are treated as nuisances, not trespass because they interfere with nearby property owners’ use and enjoyment of their land, not with their exclusive possession of it” … . Del Vecchio v Gangi, 2024 NY Slip Op 01292, Second Dept 3-13-24

Practice Point: The elements of private nuisance and trespass explained in the context of allegations by one neighbor against another concerning fireworks displays and excessive noise from pool equipment.

 

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