When there is damage to real property, the ordinary way to calculate the damages is the diminution in value test. While circumstances causing damage can vary, it usually comes up in construction defect or repair cases. The “diminution in value test…is calculated by determining the difference between the fair market value before and after the…
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Conversion: Property Theft, Destruction
Conversion is a commonly used intentional tort that exists in civil law. Almost without fail, in any case involving the wrongful appropriation, use, meddling, theft, damage, or destruction of personal property, conversion can be plead as a cause of action. Specifically, conversion is the unauthorized assumption and exercise of the right of ownership over the…