A May 2025 drainage dispute shows why documenting the work and seeking advice promptly matter even when water keeps returning.
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Water kept pooling in Morris Jones’s Baltimore yard, and he blamed construction next door. On May 1, 2025, Maryland’s appeals court upheld dismissal of his 2022 lawsuit against Roxanne Smith as untimely. The ruling explains the history.
Earlier court cases did not save the later suit
Jones alleged that Smith’s 2010 addition and 2016–2017 patio and fence encroached on his property and blocked downspouts…