Adrian Overby and his wife had fresh sod in the yard of their Ocala home when the water-treatment company they had cancelled on came to take its equipment back. By the time the workers left, a section of that new grass was dying, and the couple had a security video showing why.
Within days of the first local news report, the video had passed 1 million views, and Liberty Home Water had apologized and hired a lawn crew to repair the yard.
A cancelled contract and a dead patch of new sod
The dispute started with a sales contract. According to WKMG News 6 community correspondent Kayla Lewis, the Overbys signed with Liberty Water but cancelled within three days after learning the financing would not be interest-free. The contract allows cancellation without penalty within three business days.
Overby told the station the company had installed equipment before the paperwork was finished. When workers came back to pull it out, he said, they did not replace the sod they had disturbed. Instead, he said, they dumped water and salt onto the new sod, killing that section of the yard…