Lawrence v. Hollerich

OPINION

FORSBERG, Judge.

This is an appeal from summary judgment of a personal injury suit on the issue of negligence. The trial court granted respondents’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed appellant’s claim with prejudice on the basis that respondents breached no duty to appellant.

FACTS

The facts in this case are undisputed. Respondents Margaret and Harley Gron-seth are next door neighbors, and share a common border with respondent Donald Hollerich. Both backyard lawns slope downhill to the east into a wooded area containing a pond. In 1981 or 1982, Holle-rich, with assistance from Mr.…