Hayes v. Criterion Corp.

GRIMES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict for the defendants in a wrongful death action.

The accident which resulted in the death of Bruce Hayes occurred in a drainage ditch adjacent to a subdivision in which Bruce lived. The defendant, Criterion Corporation, had constructed the ditch at the time of developing the subdivision and then dedicated it to the public. The defendant, Hills-borough County, had accepted the ditch for purposes of maintenance. Criterion Corporation owned land on both sides of the ditch, but the land beyond the ditch was entirely…