easement ffor city utility line

[vivianzh]

Please help!! I am taking a business law class. I have a subject is to
Compare the proposed resolution of the civil aspects of the situation with
the criminal acts resolution. The problem is
Your team is working as a legal team in a mid-size law firm. Your
supervisor, a partner in the firm, has been approached by Mr. Al Jones, a
land developer and very important client, with the following legal
situation:
Mr. Jones's projects include some of the largest residential subdivisions
within the City. While Mr. Jones' business was developing the infrastructure
of its newest and largest subdivision, the City discovered an easement for a
city utility line on the subdivision that did not belong to Mr. Jones. The
owner of the property where the utility easement is located also discovered
the error. The City is threatening to close down the subdivision and Mr.
Jones's business, and is threatening to sue Mr. Jones for fraud against a
municipality. The adjacent property owner is also threatening to sue the
client for damages to his property and for trespassing. The adjacent
property owner is a citizen of Switzerland.
For my understand, Mr Jones didn't do anything wrong, the location for a
city utility line need to be set and approve before the developer start
building the subdivision. Why the city is suing Mr. Jones? I also think the
adjacent property owner don't have the right to sue. Because the easement is
next to his property, so they have to pass through to get to the utility
line.
Please let me know if i am on the right direction .
thank you

brainstorm!!! cheater
university of phoenix don't like cheaters

I dont think ACADEMIC assignments are the usual focus here.

Vivian isn't cheating. She very clearly state that she is in a Business law class and is looking for affirmation on whether her originally deductions on the problem are on the right track. I believe this is an integral part of brainstorming. That is, you present your assumptions on a problem and ask for feedback on the same.

She clearly stated that from her understanding, Mr. Jones didn't do anything wrong and so on... She has already provided initial solutions to some of the issues, so she is obviously not trying to buy an answer but asking for feedback. As far as I am concerns that is engaging in an intelligent exchange.