If a professional land surveyor and their team enter another's lands to perform surveys, what is the liability outcome if they cause damage but not injuries?

Prepare for the Tennessee Specific Surveying Exam. Study with flashcards and multiple choice questions, each featuring hints and explanations. Get ready for your exam with confidence!

Multiple Choice

If a professional land surveyor and their team enter another's lands to perform surveys, what is the liability outcome if they cause damage but not injuries?

Trespass to real property is the issue when someone enters another person’s land to do work, like surveying. If damage results from that entry, the responsible party must pay actual damages—the concrete harm to the property such as costs to repair, restore, or compensation for loss in value or use. Punitive damages aren’t awarded for ordinary trespass unless there’s malicious or willful conduct, and you don’t recover broad “incidental costs” beyond the actual harm caused. So the proper outcome is that they’re liable for the actual damage done, with recovery limited to those damages (and not to punitive damages or unrelated costs).

Trespass to real property is the issue when someone enters another person’s land to do work, like surveying. If damage results from that entry, the responsible party must pay actual damages—the concrete harm to the property such as costs to repair, restore, or compensation for loss in value or use. Punitive damages aren’t awarded for ordinary trespass unless there’s malicious or willful conduct, and you don’t recover broad “incidental costs” beyond the actual harm caused. So the proper outcome is that they’re liable for the actual damage done, with recovery limited to those damages (and not to punitive damages or unrelated costs).

More practice questions