Meyers v. Delaney

NEUMAN, Justice.

This neghgenee action, tried to the court, concerns landowner liability for tree maintenance in a residential neighborhood. Plaintiffs, injured by a falling tree limb, claim the district court apphed an incorrect legal standard and disregarded the evidence in reaching a verdict for the defendants. Finding no error, we affirm.

The home of plaintiffs Richard and Judith Meyers adjoins property owned by defendants Mike and Robin Delaney. Standing between the homes, on Delaneys’ property, is a large catalpa tree. The tree’s limbs hang over the Meyers’ driveway. The Meyers park their…