Johnson v. City of Thief River Falls

Peterson, Justice.

Plaintiff Lela Johnson, a pedestrian, tripped in a hole in the surface of Third Street at its intersection with La Bree Avenue, in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. La Bree Avenue is a city street, but Third Street is part of the state trunk highway system. Defendant city has regulated pedestrian and vehicular traffic at this busy intersection, including the maintenance of electric semaphores and the designation by painted lines of a crosswalk on Third Street. The city has regularly cleaned the intersection, including the crosswalks, by removing snow in winter months and…