Irwin v. Michelin Tire Corp.

Finney, Justice:

Appellants, the Irwins, sued the respondent, Michelin, et al, seeking to recover damages alleged to have resulted to their lower riparian property (a seventeen acre lake) claiming that their damages were caused by the design, construction and/or maintenance of Michelin’s manufacturing plant.

Appellants’ major contention is that the trial judge’s charge did not adequately cover the rights of a lower riparian landowner or, in the alternative, that this Court should adopt what they designate as the “New Jersey Rule.” We affirm.

The Michelin facility occupied a two hundred fourteen…