Appellate Court of Illinois· 8/6/1987

Pyne v. Witmer

Citations

512 N.E.2d 993
159 Ill. App. 3d 254
111 Ill. Dec. 452
1987 Ill. App. LEXIS 2961

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holding that the adjacent landowner owed no duty and focusing on the visible stop signs and the absence of statutorily imposed duties
refusing to impose duty on a landowner to remove foliage on his property so that motorists approaching an intersection could see other motorists
refusing to impose duty on a landowner to remove foliage on his property so that motorists approaching an intersection could see other motorists
owner of land abutting curved highway owed motorists no duty to remove trees located on owner’s property
no duty for landowners to remove foliage for the benefit of motorists’ vision
statute making it a public nuisance to “obstruct or encroach upon public highways” applies to conditions within or upon the roadway which interfere with movement over the road and not to foliage adjoining a roadway

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Judges: Dunn, Inglis

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