On May 22, the 6-year-old boy was sitting outside under a Bradford pear tree at Sugar Creek Elementary School in New Palestine, according to a lawsuit filed by the boy’s parents. While the boy ...

Dear Reader: Bradford and other ornamental pears are grafted ... Have them take the crown of the tree out as well as all major roots. Hopefully they’ll be easy to eliminate.

and failing to adequately care for and maintain Bradford pear trees on the school campus. Court documents say a tree branch at Sugar Creek Elementary School, 2337 S. County Road 600W, crushed the ...