Holton v. Ward

SAAD, EJ.

In this alleged riparian rights case, plaintiffs, James and Nancy Holton, appeal the trial court’s grant of summary disposition to defendant, Carole Ward. Defendant cross-appeals because the trial court declined to hold that plaintiffs’ lawsuit was frivolous and, therefore, denied defendant’s motion for sanctions. Because plaintiffs have no riparian rights to the man-made body of water at issue, we affirm the trial court’s grant of summary disposition. And because plaintiffs’ suit is frivolous, we reverse the trial court’s refusal to grant sanctions.

I. NATURE OF THE CASE

Plaintiffs…