Trost v. Buckstop Lure Co., Inc.

In this action seeking relief from a judgment, plaintiffs Fred D. Trost and Fred D. Trost Enterprises, Inc., 1 appeal as of right from a trial court order granting defendant summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8). We affirm.

1. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In 1992, defendant Buckstop Lure Company, Inc., filed a libel action against plaintiffs Fred D. Trost and Fred D. Trost Enterprises, Inc., in the Montcalm Circuit Court. Following a several-week trial, the trial court entered a judgment in the amount of $4 million in favor of Buckstop. As a result of that judgment, Trost filed an…