Betts v. Crawshaw

Plaintiff, Kathy Betts, brought an action in the circuit court of Jackson County against the defendant, Ray Crawshaw, for injuries sustained when a clothesline pole fell and struck her. Betts and her family leased a house from the defendant, Ray Crawshaw, pursuant to a verbal month-to-month lease. Two “T” shaped steel clothesline poles were located on the property. Both were rusted and unstable. On or about August 23, 1989, a horizontal crossbar on one of the poles fell and struck plaintiff as she, was mowing her lawn. Betts suffered head and neck injuries.

Plaintiff filed a one-count…