SEXTON v. MASON

No. 2007-0305.

117 Ohio St.3d 275 (2008)

2008 Ohio 858

SEXTON ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. CITY OF MASON ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitaker & Shade, L.L.C., and James A. Whitaker, for appellants.

Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A., and B. Scott Jones, for appellee Rishon Enterprises, Inc.

Herfel Law Firm, L.L.C., and Gary L. Herfel, for appellee McGill Smith Punshon, Inc.

Dinsmore & Shohl, L.L.P., Gary E. Becker, and Melissa L. Korfhage, for appellee city of Mason.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, L.L.P., Richard D. Schuster, and Michael J. Hendershot, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Manufacturers' Association.


O'CONNOR, J.

{¶ 1} This appeal requires us to address issues regarding the statute of limitations that is applicable to claims for damage to real property occasioned by rainwater draining from adjacent land.

¶ 2} Plaintiffs-appellants, Larry and Peggy Sexton, assert that flooding and erosion on their property was caused by the defendants' negligent acts on the adjoining property. The trial court and the Court...

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