Company contracted by utilities butchered my 30+yo pine
As the title said, the utility company contracted a company to trim trees around power lines. They cut a giant 15 ft bald spot on the front of my massive mature 30+yo before I saw what they were doing and went out and stopped them. It looks terrible(it's the side that directly faces the house) and the now the whole tree is super unbalanced. Aside from aesthetics and the fact that I love this tree, I'm now also worried about it blowing over and causing a bunch of damages because it's so off balance and has a massive hole in the side about halfway up. I yelled and even cried at the guy and he apologized and said he 'knew he shouldn't because it's such slow growth but did it anyway'. I'm devastated(which being super pregnant isn't helping right now either). I already called their head office out of Georgia and threatened to lawyer up; they are supposed to have someone from 'risk assessment' reaching back out. Any advice or recommendations on tree law experts?? I know my tree is already wrecked, I just don't know what to do. Located in Northwest Indiana. Will add more photos in the comments, but if I go back outside while they're still here, I'm going to go off again(or start crying again) and I'm just starting to get my blood pressure back down.