Melendres v. Soales

Plaintiff filed suit in the Cass County Circuit Court seeking damages for an injury which rendered him a quadraplegic. The injury occurred when plaintiff dove from a dock into shallow water at a lodge owned by defendants. He hit his head on the lake floor and damaged his spinal cord. Plaintiff alleged that defendants’ placement of the dock and failure to post "no diving” warnings constituted the creation of an intentional nuisance. Following a jury trial, a verdict of no cause of action was returned. Plaintiff now appeals as of right.

Defendants filed a third-party complaint against Elixir…