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TRESPASS BY PERMANENT PHYSICAL ENCROACHMENT (PLUMBING PIPES) IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE SAME STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ANALYSIS AS TRESPASS BY THE ARTIFICIAL DIVERSION OF WATER; TRESPASS BY PERMANENT PHYSICAL ENCROACHMENT IS A CONTINUING TRESPASS UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE TIME PERIOD FOR ADVERSE POSSESSION OR AN EASEMENT BY PRESCRIPTION (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the trespass cause of action should not have been dismissed as time-barred. A trespass claim based upon a permanent physical encroachment (here plumbing pipes connected to a septic system) is a continuing trespass which gives rise to successive trespass causes of action until the expiration of the time period for an easement by prescription or adverse possession:

… [P]laintiff’s claim for trespass seeking monetary damages should not be analyzed for statute of limitations purposes in the same way as a claim for the artificial diversion of water onto an adjoining property … , inasmuch as plaintiff’s trespass claim is based upon a permanent physical encroachment, i.e., the underground plumbing that defendants installed on plaintiff’s property. “[The] encroaching structure is a continuing trespass [that] gives rise to successive causes of action, except where barred by acquisition of title or an easement by operation of law” … . ” ‘Thus, for purposes of the statute of limitations, suits will only be time-barred by the expiration of such time as would create an easement by prescription or change of title by operation of law,’ [namely], by adverse possession” … . Inasmuch as the complaint, which was filed on July 23, 2021, alleges that defendants’ “plumbing material” was unlawfully installed on plaintiff’s property in 2014, plaintiff’s claim for damages here is not barred by the statute of limitations (see RPAPL 501 [2]). Kramer v Kleiber, 2024 NY Slip Op 01387, Fourth Dept 3-15-24

Practice Point: Trespass by artificial diversion of water is not subject to the same statute of limitations analysis as trespass by a permanent physical encroachment (plumbing pipes in this case). Trespass by permanent physical encroachment is a continuing trespass until the expiration of the time period required for adverse possession or an easement by prescription.

 

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