The complete record of the fight to keep Seymour Road's stormwater in Seymour Road's drainage system.
Case No. 2026-63926-CZ · 7th Judicial Circuit Court (Genesee County) · Hon. Elizabeth A. Kelly · Plaintiff appearing in pro per.
The road's cross-culvert concentrates stormwater onto private land (the surface-water rule and trespass), and the deliberate design decisions that worsen it amount to an uncompensated taking under the Michigan Constitution.
Narrow relief: pause only the final paving and drainage close-out on our stretch until the drainage is reviewed and corrected — the fix the contractor already proposed in change orders that the Road Commission denied.
The court denied an emergency TRO but wrote the relief sought “may be appropriate,” and set a full preliminary-injunction hearing for July 27, 2026.
Years of documented flooding; repeated requests to the Road Commission; owner-funded mitigation (doubled culverts, rock channels, tree clearing).
Cross culvert set lower · west ditch left unrestored · west driveway culvert removed. Nashville Construction proposed corrective change orders — the Road Commission denied them.
Lawsuit filed, with community support signatures from 13+ households between Hill Rd and Reid Rd.
Emergency TRO denied — but the Court wrote that “the relief sought may be appropriate,” and set a full hearing.
7th Circuit Court, 900 S. Saginaw St., Flint. Neighbors welcome — a full room shows the court this matters.
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