Ferchill v. Beach Cliff Board of Trustees

Karpinski, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiffs, John and Sharon Ferchill, appeal from an order granting judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendants on the Ferchills’ claim for malicious prosecution. The defendants include the Beach Cliff Board of Trustees, as well as board members individually 1 (collectively, “Beach Cliff’).

{¶ 2} The dispute pertains to a one-mile strip of land located along the shoreline of Lake Erie in Rocky River. In 1927, the Beach family deeded this land in trust to Beach Cliff for the sole use and benefit of owners in the adjoining subdivision. A portion of the trust property…