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Roger McEowen, interviewed by Janet Adkison. Sometimes a farmer, rancher or other rural landowner experiences damages to trees as a result of someone else’s conduct. Maybe the damage occurs from aerial spry drift or excess (and wrongful) water drainage from an adjacent tract, or from some other occurrence. The trees could be a producing orchard; or a windbreak designed to minimize soil loss and protect buildings; or ornamental trees and bushes providing an aesthetic benefit. Often, trees are planted to become mature trees with an eye toward materially benefitting the property – whether monetarily or not. No matter whether the damage was intentional or a result of negligence, the computation of the amount of damages the landowner is entitled to can be difficult to determine. Professor McEowen discusses determining liability when there is a loss due to negligence and how the damages are computed.

Roger McEowen is the Kansas Farm Bureau Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas. From RFD-TV Market Day Report, April 19, 2021; uploaded with permission.