Eagle v. Owens, C-060446 (6-1-2007)

DECISION.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant Ralph David Eagle, Jr., ("Eagle") appeals from the trial court's entry granting summary judgment for defendants-appellees Luther Owens, Floyd Merida, Ralph Edward Eagle, and Harvest Baptist Church. We affirm.

{¶ 2} Eagle was involved in a tree-trimming task on the church's property with his father, Ralph, and the other two individual defendants, Merida and Owens, when he was injured. The task consisted of removing an approximately 30-foot-long and 10-inch-diameter limb from the trunk of the tree. The limb was located about 25 feet from the ground.

{¶ 3} At the…