Holschbach v. Washington Park Manor

¶ 1. This case involves an issue that has arisen numerous times in Wisconsin case law, namely, whether an injured plaintiff who has slipped and fallen on an icy public sidewalk may sue the owner of the property abutting the walk for not alleviating that condition. The law is that when a properly working downspout built in the ordinary and usual manner discharges water upon the property and such water finds its way to the public sidewalk because of the natural slope and topography of the land, the resulting runoff onto the sidewalk is a natural condition for which the property owner incurs no…