Terlecki v. Stewart

Defendants appeal by leave granted the trial court’s denial of their motion for summary disposition of plaintiffs’ claims of negligence, negligence per se, nuisance, trespass, and conspiracy. The essence of plaintiffs’ complaint is that defendants’ actions have caused Silver Lake in Cheboygan County to rise, flooding plaintiffs’ low-lying forested property. Defendants contend that plaintiffs’ claims are time-barred because the alleged acts that resulted in the flooding occurred more than three years before plaintiffs filed this lawsuit on October 10, 2005. We conclude that the plain text of…