Sue the county planning board and land surveyor. They both approved the building.
He could actually sue the closing attorney, too. That’s what title insurance is for.
Or sue the person who owned it when they put up the garage. And yes, when a sale is pending doesn’t the city send out a person to make sure everything is right?
As far as the law suit, $1,250/sq ft? Seems kind of excessive.
Hopefully someone will take up a collection for this guy’s legal defense.
A surveyor does not “approve” anything. We are hired to do a task and we do it. But if I had surveyed the property and he somehow got the gargage approved by the city, I would still make note that it appears to be an encroachment.
Too many people involved to blame the surveyor, “if” he did his job properly. Planning, engineering, architects, and more were surely involved too.