When I suffer water damage, what compensation am I entitled to?
That's going to depend on exactly what water damage you've been caused. If somebody has forced you to move out of you house, then your cost of moving in, moving out, and moving back is what you're entitled to. The cost of your lodging may be part of your damages in addition to the repair costs that you've suffered. If there's been other water damage, maybe not just to a structure, but to vegetation or other things, then maybe the cost of replacing the landscaping, or regrading the properties may be part of the damages that you're going to be entitled to. Depending on what statutes exist in your state, there also may be some other rights. One of the big issues in any kind of litigation is whether one party might have to pay for the other's attorneys fees. The general rule in the United States is that each party pays their own attorneys fees. The exception to that is in the case of some statutes that give a right to recover attorneys fees, or if there's a contract that gives that right.