A Brooklyn couple has won a significant legal battle in its fight with Verizon over an unsettled area of New York law—whether the telephone giant’s failure to compensate them for installing telephone equipment in their backyard gives rise to an inverse condemnation claim. The couple, however, may not reap the benefits.
A unanimous Appellate Division, Second Department, panel held that the plaintiffs sufficiently stated a claim for inverse condemnation, but that the action was barred by the statute of limitations.
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