ESTRIDGE v. CITY OF EAU CLAIRE

No. 91-1232.

166 Wis.2d 684 (1991)

480 N.W.2d 513

Kathryn ESTRIDGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin Municipal Mutual Insurance Co., Defendants-Respondents, EAU CLAIRE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Charles Jordan of Jordan & Wachs of Eau Claire.

On behalf of defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Eric J. Wahl of Wiley, Wahl, Colbert, Norseng, Cray and Herrell, S.C. of Eau Claire.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.


LaROCQUE, J.

Kathryn Estridge appeals a summary judgment dismissing her personal injury action against the city of Eau Claire and its insurer on public policy grounds. Estridge was injured when she fell from her bicycle after being struck in the face by thorny branches that had overgrown the city sidewalk. The circuit court applied the public policy holdings of Sanem v. Home Ins. Co., 119 Wis.2d 530, 350...

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