A man who was injured when a large branch fell on him as he was walking along a sidewalk failed to prove that two landscaping companies he sued actually owed him a duty of care, a Pennsylvania judge has said.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Frederica Massiah-Jackson dismissed landscaping companies Anthony’s Landscaping and Tree Service and IVS Landscaping from the case Matthews v. Prospect Crozer, after the companies filed summary judgment motions arguing they owed no duty to keep the plaintiff, Lonnie Matthews, safe.

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