Lee v. City of Fort Scott

The opinion of the court was delivered by This is a wrongful death action brought by Frank and Mary Lee, the parents of Frank James Lee, Jr. They allege Frank Jr.'s death resulted from injuries suffered when his motorcycle collided with steel cables strung between trees in Gunn Park in the City of Fort Scott. In the mid-1970's, Fort Scott was faced with a problem of vandalism on a golf course maintained by the the City in Gunn Park. The City was concerned with persons driving their vehicles off the road and onto the fairways and greens. In response to this concern, in 1975 the City strung steel cables around the golf course. The cables were located off the road and posed no hazard to anyone properly using the roadway. As an additional restraint, [238 Kan. 422]