Braun v. Weissman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The injured plaintiff allegedly slipped and fell on ice on a sidewalk abutting the defendants’ property. The injured plaintiff and his wife, suing derivatively, commenced this action against the defendants. The defendants moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, contending that they did not create the alleged icy condition by negligently performing snow removal. The Supreme Court granted the motion. We reverse.
An owner of property abutting a public sidewalk is under no duty to pedestrians to “remove ice and snow that naturally accumulates upon the sidewalk unless a statute or…
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