Yonki v. City of New York

Plaintiff secured a jury verdict against the City of New York for. injuries sustained when he slipped on snow and ice on the sidewalk abutting a vacant lot on St. Marks Place between 2nd and 3rd Avenues in the borough of Manhattan. The accident occurred at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, December 29,1947, sixty hours after the termination of the record-breaking snowstorm of December 26-27, 1947, when 25.8 inches of snow fell, accompanied by precipitation of 2.67 inches. The temperature was below freezing during the storm and for nearly all the period thereafter up to the time of the accident, and for a…