Reith v. McGill Smith Punshon, Inc.

Mark P. Painter, Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiffs-appellants Leonard and Vida Reith experienced extensive flooding of their driveway and house from 1993 until 2003. The Reiths believed that the flooding was caused by the construction in the early 1990s of the Chatham Woods subdivision on the farmland across the street from their house. The Reiths sued defendant-appellee Parrott & Strawser Properties, Inc., the developer of the subdivision, and defendant-appellee McGill Smith Punshon, Inc., the engineering company that had designed the water-drainage system for the subdivision.

{¶ 2} The trial court…