Niebarger v. City of Seattle

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when she fell oh an icy sidewalk in the city of Seattle. From an adverse judgment based on the jury’s verdict, the defendant appeals.

A heavy intermittent snowfall commenced on January 15th and continued to January 18, 1954. The sidewalk, which was level where the respondent fell, had become ridged and humped with ice and snow from pedestrian traffic. This constituted the dangerous condition relied upon by the respondent.

There is a city ordinance in Seattle which requires abutting property owners to clear snow and ice froin…