NEWPORT BEACH
A dispute between neighbors protecting their property values in the terraced Corona Highlands area has resulted in a judgment requiring a woman to trim the trees surrounding her home.
“The judge has protected ocean-view rights,” said attorney Dave McPherson. “He’s the first judge to do so.”
The dispute began with Pierluigi Bonvicini, who bought a house with an ocean view that eventually disappeared behind a mass of ficus trees sprouting from the home of Marcella King, his neighbor.
She agreed to cut them if he paid half the cost, which was $600. However, she cut only 1 foot off one tree, and within a year the blue ocean again disappeared behind the branches.
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