Hall v. City of Anoka

Dell, Chief Justice.

This is an action to recover damages for injuries sustained as a result of a fall on a public sidewalk. Defendant appeals from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

On December 6, 1955, at approximately 4:30 p. m., the plaintiff Hazel Hall fell on the sidewalk in front of the Herald building in Anoka. She claims that the fall was occasioned by ridges and bumps in snow and ice which the defendant city had allowed to accumulate and compact on the sidewalk. On the first trial of this case, the court directed a verdict…