YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the City of Youngstown waited too long to claim immunity in a lawsuit filed after a man died when a city tree fell on him.

The issue surrounds the April 2019 death of Thomas Morar. Morar was riding his motorcycle on Early Road on June 17, 2017, when a tree fell on him. He died two years later.

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed on June 14, 2019, by Morar’s executor, Cheryl Durig, against the city, claiming that the city owns the tree and property in which it was rooted.

As the case has gone through the courts, the city filed an appeal in April 2024 to the Ohio Supreme Court after the Mahoning County Court of Appeals and the Seventh Appellate District ruled against the city in December 2023 and February 2024 on its claim of poli

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