Hosey ex rel. Hosey v. City of Fort Lauderdale

STONE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant-city. The essential facts are undisputed. Appellant was driving on a divided highway, at 45 *957m.p.h., when his vehicle left its lane of traffic for unknown reasons and collided with a street light pole located on a divider “island.” The island, located at an intersection, separated the through lanes from a separate left turn lane.

Appellant contends that the placement of the pole, 20 years earlier, created a known dangerous condition that was not readily apparent. See St. Petersburg v. Collom, 419 So.2d 1082…