Shields v. Shell Oil Co.

i. introduction

Plaintiff, Edward J. Shields, appeals as of right the trial court’s order dismissing his third-party complaint to recover response activity costs for environmental contamination. The parties first addressed the timeliness of this action in the context of Shell Oil Company’s motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7), which the trial court granted. We must decide whether subsection 2 of § 20140 of Michigan’s Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA), MCL 324.20140(2); MSA 13A.20140(2), is a statute of repose that acts as an absolute bar to…