Real Estate Litigation

The Colorado Supreme Court affirms Woodbridge II’s “Adverse Use” Distinction

By: Luke Mecklenburg Last year, I posted regarding the Colorado Court of Appeals’ decision in Woodbridge II, which concluded that the “adverse use” element for prescriptive easement claims only requires the claimant to “show a nonpermissive or otherwise unauthorized use of property that interfered with the owner’s property interests.” Viento Blanco, LLC, 2020 COA 34 […]

October 28, 2021 | 4 min read | Tagged: Colorado Supreme Court, prescriptive easements, Real Property Litigation

Luke Mecklenburg Former Associate

Woodbridge II and the Nuanced Meaning of “Adverse Use” in Hostile Property Rights Cases in Colorado

Earlier this year, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued an opinion addressing at length “whether the requirement that the use be ‘adverse’ in the adverse possession context is coextensive with adverse use in the prescriptive easement context.” See Woodbridge Condo. Ass’n, Inc. v. Lo Viento Blanco, LLC, 2020 COA 34 (Woodbridge II), ¶ 2, cert. […]

November 13, 2020 | 7 min read | Tagged: adverse possession, adverse use, easements, prescriptive easements

Luke Mecklenburg Former Associate