Ruvin Grutman

Civil Engineering, Land Surveying, Hydrology, Hydraulics, Drainage, Streets, Sewers, Grading, Retaining Walls, Water Supply, Subdivisions.

Past Cases:

1. Land development upstream of a house had caused higher flood stages during the storm.
2. A woman drowned during the storm due to an unprotected underpass.
3. Arbitrated dispute between an architect and a hotel builder.
4. An ingress and egress easement was not permitted to be improved
5. A block wall encroached into a neighbor's view easement.
6. A child gained access to a drainage outlet.
7. A wine cellar seepage due to faulty construction.
8. An ingress and egress easement was not reserved before selling the land.
9. Slip and fall due to faulty drainage design.
10. Cost of proposed driveway affecting the real estate transaction.
11. A house sustained damages due to the failure of an adjacent slope.
12. A new block wall obstructed a driveway.
13. Proposed land development overburdened existing ingress and egress easement.
14. Rendered a decision about the location of a lot line and the validity of adverse possession.
15. A church redirected runoff and caused flooding in the adjacent condominium.
16. Slip and fall due to faulty parking construction.
17. Slip and fall due to faulty design of the building entrance.
18. Use of an ingress and egress easement for other purposes.
19. Reservation of certain rights during the purchase of the property.
20. Improvements (grading, wall) within the ingress and egress easement.
21. Boundary establishment by acquiescence vs. riparian rights.
22. Private utilities within the ingress and egress easement.
23. A new access driveway required the removal of an old encroachment.
24. Defendant was practicing civil engineering without a license.
25. Defendant prevented a neighbor from trespassing Defendant's land.
26. A swimming pool began tilting eight years after construction.
27. A store owner sustained significant inventory loss during a flood event.
28. Some restaurants of the same franchise are located less than 5 miles from Plaintiff.
29. Mobile Park homeowners sued an insurance company for construction defects.
30. A neighbor blocked the ocean view.
31. A neighbor blocked the ocean view.
32. The record of survey showed boundary encroachment.
33. A house was flooded during a storm due to a neighbor's negligence.
34. A neighbor decided to use a shared driveway to park his truck.
35. A pedestrian sustained injury due to the negligence of a city.
36. A shopping center was flooded due to the negligence of the landlord.
37. Grading of a parcel of land was performed without a Grading Permit.

38. The neighbor backfilled a retaining wall. The wall became unstable.
39. A new commercial building encroached over the property line of a residential lot.