Sheppard v. McFadden Lighting Co.

REINHARD, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs sought damages alleging negligence by all of the defendants. The trial court entered summary judgment for defendant, McFadden Lighting Co. Plaintiffs appeal; we affirm.

Dorothy Sheppard was killed as the result of an automobile collision which oc*13curred at the corner of Sidney and Ohio in the City of St. Louis on September 5, 1989. Plaintiffs, decedent’s husband and her children, allege the collision was caused, in part, by the obstruction of a stop sign by overhanging tree branches. The tree had been planted by the city on a city easement at the southwest…