Herren v. Mitchell Electric Membership Corp.

Barnes, Presiding Judge.

An electric service provider hired a tree service to clear some of its easements using herbicide, and the tree service applied the herbicide to an overgrown hedge planted directly under the electric company’s power lines, killing most of the bushes. The owners of the property on which the hedge was located sued the electric company and the tree services for damages and injunctive relief. The trial court denied the injunction and granted summary judgment to both defendants. The property owners appeal, and we affirm.

Summary judgment is proper when there is no genuine…