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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS


DEBORAH STEVENS, TONY DECK, VIRGINIA HERNANDEZ, BARRY KELLEY, RUSSELL SOLES, DENISE SOLES, DORIS WALKER and ELIZABETH CLINE, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v CITY OF FLINT, Defendant-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED July 19, 2005

No. 252399 Genesee Circuit Court LC No. 00-069124-NZ

GLENDA DRISKILL, MICHAEL DRISKILL, MARK AMONT, SHERMAN AUSTIN, IRAD AUSTIN, MATTHEW BABIERACKI, CHARLA BABIERACKI, GAVIN BABIERACKI, KELCI BABIERACKI, CARSON BABIERACKI, DENNIS BACON, DEBRA BACON, RYAN BACON, BETTY BENNETTS, LEONA BERRYMAN, JANICE BERRYMAN, LUKE BIRMINGHAM, LOUISE BIRMINGHAM, GARY BOEDECKER, NANCY BOGARD, JAMES BOLEN, PATRICIA BOLEN, MARK BOTUMASI, IONA BRADLEY, PHIL BRADLEY, LORI BROWN, JEFF BROWN, JOSE CAPUCHINA, VIOLET CAPUCHINA, JEANNIE CHURCH, DOROTHY CLANTON WEEKS, WALKER WEEKS, DUANE CLEMENTZ, JR., JEFFREY COLLINS, JANEEN COLLINS, JERRY COTIE, VICKIE COTIE, ERWIN CURTIS, PAUL DARNTON, JEANE DARNTON, JOSEPH DICKEY, AUDREY DICKEY, DONNA DODDS-HAMM, ELLA DURBIN, DON DURBIN, ALBERT EITEL, HELEN EITEL, CARRIE GALE, MARK FRUTCHEY, STEVEN GARTY, WILLIAM GARTY, PAMELA GARTY, MARY GILES, VALERIE GLEASON, BILLY GORDON,

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MARION GORDON, LEE GOULET, WAYNE GOULET, AARON GRAY, LINDA GRAY, TIM GREENLICK, MICHELLE GREENLICK, LINDA GROSSI, EDWIN GULLEY, OLA GULLEY, GLORIA GUYER, BETTY HALL, KAREN HENSE, KARL HENSE, EDYTHE HEWITT, BRADLEY HOLT, WANECE HOLT, CURTIS HOLT, JORDAN HOLT, STEPHEN HORVATH, TRACY HORVATH, CHRISTOPHER HUBBARD, TERESA HUBBARD, FRED JACKSON, CHERYL JONES, LARRY JORDAN, EVA KIDDER, FRANK KUDLA, FLORRIE KUDLA, JOHN LANDRY, CLYDE LAPISH, SANDRA LAPISH, DAVID LENGYL, ROGER LUNA, NICOLE LUNA, JULIE MAGNUSON, JASON MAGNUSON, LINDA MILLER, WILLIE MILLER, DIANNA MILLER, LOUAY NAAMAN, MARK NEWTON, DALE NORRINGTON, LORI NORRINGTON, PATRICK O'DONNELL, KAREN O'DONNELL, AL OTTERMAN, AMY OTTERMAN, KEITH PARKER, CINDY PEREZ-AIRGOOD, MARTY AIRGOOD, FLOYD PECKMAN, IDA PECKMAN, ALPHA PETTUS, JAMES PHILLIPS, BRENDA PHILLIPS, FRANK PREKETES, KAY ROGERS, DANIEL SCHNEIDER, JONATHAN SCHNEIDER, HAROLD SCHNEIDER, SANDRA SCHNEIDER, PATRICIA SILLMAN, VLADIMIR SKRIPNIK, REINA SKRIPNIK, JAMES SEYMOUR, DELIA SEYMOUR, GERALD SHARPE, DOROTHY SHARPE, STUART SHOUP, RACHEL SNIDER, PHYLLIS SPRAGUE, MARY STANLEY, JASON STURGEON, KRISTA WILHELM, HARRY SWIFT, HAZEL GRANT, WANDA TAYLOR, CAROLYN TERRIAN, DEBBIE TOBIAS, ADRIAN TUSHIM, DIANE WALKER, MICHELLE WALKER, ROBERT WARD, SABRINA STADLER, CARMEN WASHINGTON, TERRANCE WAY, ANDY WELLS, LIZ WELLS, DORIS WILLIAMS, JENNIFER WILLIAMS, JERRY WILLIAMS, JEREMY WILLIAMS, PAUL WILLIAMS, PAMELA WILLIAMS, DEAN YEOTIS, LYNDA YEOTIS, HATTIE YOUNG, KEITH YOUNG, -2-


RICHARD ZIZKA, HELENE ZIZKA, DAVID ALEXANDER, BRANDY GARZA, ALEJANDRO GARZA, EDWARD LONEY, MICHELLE LONEY, RICK PIFER, KERI PIFER, REBECCA BANACKI, PAUL HARRIS, MILLIE HARRIS, RICK MCELWAIN, NICHOLE MCELWAIN, KERRY SNIDER, MANDY SNIDER, RENEE WOOLHISER, RICK MICHAEL, SANDRA MICHAEL, HOLLY AULT, TIMOTHY BRUCE, ROWENA SCOTT, KEN BEARUP, COLLEEN BEARUP, LISA SEELEY, JERRY LEE REESE, MARK T. EVANS, LINDA EVANS, FRANK DUBERVILLE, MARK DUBERVILLE, MARTHA DUBERVILLE, CHARLOTTE STURTZ, AMBER STURTZ, JILL MORSE, PATRICK MORSE, GAIL SEWELL, ANNETTE WILSON, BOB LEWIS, SHARON LEWIS, RACHEL SILK, THOMAS HICKS, SALLIE HICKS, PAUL SHULER, PAM SHULER, MARTY MUELLER, MARY MUELLER, MILDRED PENROD and IOANNIS MAVRIKOS, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v CITY OF FLINT, Defendant-Appellant. No. 252400 Genesee Circuit Court LC No. 00-069344-NZ

Before: Talbot, P.J., and Zahra and Donofrio, JJ. PER CURIAM. In these consolidated appeals, defendant appeals as of right from the trial court's order denying in part defendant's motion for summary disposition and granting partial summary disposition in favor of plaintiffs, Stevens, et al, and Driskill, et al. We affirm. I. Facts and Procedure On July 29, 2000, September 23, 2000, and February 2001, raw sewage from the city of Flint's sewer system backed up through plaintiffs' floor drains and into their basements. Plaintiffs filed suit against defendant, alleging trespass-nuisance and unconstitutional taking.

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Defendant's affirmative defenses included an assertion that plaintiffs' claims were barred by governmental immunity. Defendant filed a motion for summary disposition, arguing that the cause of the flooding was the excessive rainfall and not defendant's failure to maintain its sewer system. Defendant argued that the heavy rainfalls, combined with the failure of residents to comply with Flint City Code

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