Contreras v. Munoz

We find that the trial court properly denied the defendants’, Metropolitan Dade County [the county] and Jorge and Celina Contreras [the landowners], motions for directed verdict. We affirm.

These defendants, along with the motorist involved, were sued when a pedestrian, who was crossing the street at a signalized intersection, was struck and killed by a motorist. The plaintiffs alleged that these defendants, the county and the landowners of the property adjacent to the crosswalk, contributed to the cause of the accident by negligently allowing trees and shrubbery to protrude over the sidewalk…