MANUFACTURER'S NATL. BANK OF DETROIT v. ERIE CTY. ROAD COMM.

No. 91-1302.

63 Ohio St.3d 318 (1992)

MANUFACTURER'S NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT, PERSONAL REP., ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. ERIE COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION; HURON TOWNSHIP ET AL., RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sullivan, Ward, Bone, Tyler & Asher, P. C., Sheri B. Cataldo and Michelle A. Thomas, for petitioners.

Jones & Bahret, Willis P. Jones, Jr. and Sarah A. McHugh, for respondents Huron Township and Huron Township Board of Trustees.

Flynn, Py & Kruse Co., L.P.A., and John A. Coppeler, for respondent Robert Boos.

Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., and James T. Murray, in support of petitioners for amicus curiae, Carol Miller.


HERBERT R. BROWN, J.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has certified the following questions to us:

"(1) Does a political subdivision's statutory duty under R.C. 2744.02 to keep a roadway `free from nuisance' require the use of reasonable care to ensure that corn growing within a rural roadway's right-of-way does not obstruct the visibility of drivers on the roadway such that drivers' view of cross-traffic at intersections is impaired?

"(2) What,...

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