Torres v. Reardon

Opinion

CROSKEY, J.

Plaintiff and appellant Jose Torres (Torres) appeals from the summary judgment entered against him and in favor of defendants Michael and Ona Reardon (the Reardons). Because there is no evidence that Torres’s injuries resulted from any act of negligence by, or attributable to, the Reardons, or that any circumstances existed that would impose upon them liability for Torres’s injuries under the peculiar risk doctrine, the trial court properly granted summary judgment.

Factual and Procedural Background

During the years of 1980 to 1988, Jose Torres was a self-employed gardener,…