Legal Opinion

McKenna v. City of Fort Wayne

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 30, 1981No. 4-681A39PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff-appellants Sean and John McKenna are appealing an adverse summary judgment rendered in favor of defendant-appellees, City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and City of Fort Wayne Board of Park Commissioners (City). Sean was injured by a falling limb from a tree in municipally-owned Foster Park. The issue raised on appeal by the McKennas presents us with the question whether the injury was the result of a “natural condition of unimproved property” to which governmental immunity applies pursuant to section 3(1) of the Indiana Tort Claims Act, Ind.Code 34-4-16.5-1 et seq.…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Podgorny v. Great Central Insurance Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1974
  2. Doe v. BarnettIndiana Court of Appeals · 1969
  3. Richards v. Goerg Boat & Motors, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Seymour National Bank v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Wozniczka v. McKEANIndiana Court of Appeals · 1969

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Johnson County Farm Bureau Cooperative Ass'n v. Indiana Department of State RevenueIndiana Tax Court · 1991
  2. City of Bloomington v. KuruzovichIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Lawson v. Howmet Aluminum Corp.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. Law v. Yukon Delta, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1984
  5. University of Alaska v. ShantiAlaska Supreme Court · 1992

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