SHOLBERG v. TRUMAN

Docket No. 146725.

852 N.W.2d 89 (2014)

496 Mich. 1

Sholberg v. TRUMAN.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abood Law Firm , East Lansing (by Andrew P. Abood ) for Diane K. Sholberg.

Cardelli Lanfear PC, Grand Rapids (by Anthony F. Caffrey III , R. Carl Lanfear , and Paul M. Kittinger ) for Robert and Marilyn Truman.

Swistak & Levine, PC, Farmington Hills (by I. Matthew Miller ), for the Property Management Association of Michigan, the Detroit Metropolitan Apartment Association, the Property Management Association of West Michigan, the Property Management Association of Mid-Michigan, and the Washtenaw Area Apartment Association.


Opinion of the Court

MARKMAN, J.

The issue in this case is whether title owners of real property may be held liable for a public nuisance that arose from that property, where someone other than the title owners is in possession of the property, is exercising control over the property, and is the one who created the alleged nuisance. We hold that title owners of the real property cannot be held liable for a public...

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