Teske v. Steele County

Pee Cueiam.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when she slipped on an icy sidewalk adjacent to the Steele County courthouse in the city of Owatonna. The trial court held that in the absence of proof that the walk contained hummocks, ridges, depressions, or irregularities, the municipality was not liable for a fall occasioned by “mere slipperiness” and directed a verdict for defendants. We affirm.

Plaintiff, a 76-year-old woman, testified that on January 5, 1966, as she was walking on a public sidewalk across the street from her home, she slipped at…