Common remedies for private nuisance include:

• A. Criminal penalties
• B. Abatement, injunction, and damages
• C. Specific performance
• D. Monetary penalties to neighbor

Answer: (B)

In private nuisance, the remedies are meant to stop the nuisance and compensate the person who is harmed. The typical civil options are abatement, injunction, and damages. Abatement lets the harmed party take reasonable steps to remove or reduce the nuisance, often with court authorization if needed. An injunction is a court order that bars or limits the nuisance from continuing or recurring. Damages provide monetary compensation for the actual harm suffered, such as loss of enjoyment, added costs, or a decline in property value.

Criminal penalties aren’t the usual route in private nuisance; that area falls more to public nuisance or statutory violations and isn’t the standard civil remedy. Specific performance isn’t used for nuisance because it focuses on enforcing contracts or specific actions tied to contractual obligations, not stopping a harmful, ongoing interference. Monetary penalties to a neighbor aren’t the typical remedy either; damages are awarded to the harmed party, not paid as fines to a neighbor.