June 9, 2006
Beverly Williams v. Cecelia Davis
Case Number(s):
SC05-1817

Transcript:

Summary:

Ms. Williams challenges a ruling by the Fifth District Court of Appeal that she has a duty to trim bushes and trees on her corner lot so that drivers in a yield lane can see oncoming traffic. The trial judge had dismissed a lawsuit filed against Ms. Williams by Cecilia Davis on behalf of the estate of her daughter, Twanda Green, who was killed when a truck hit her broadside at the intersection. But the 5th DCA overturned that ruling and asked this Court whether a past decision means that private owners of non-commercial property do have a common law duty to trim foliage to give drivers at an intersection a longer view.