Experts expect this winter to bring California a lot of storms. There will be flooding, erosion and slides. If your property is lower on a slope than an adjacent property, then your property has a duty to support the uphill property. You have probably heard of a “duty of lateral and subjacent support.” There are several limits to this duty. Despite such limits, there remains an affirmative duty to not allow any improvements to provide such support, to decay. The downhill property is required to support the uphill property in its natural condition, not with a house or larger building added to it. The weight of the uphill house will be considered a contributing cause only if it was a substantial factor in causing the land failure. The weight is spread out over the entire surface of the...