Gruber v. Village of North Fond Du Lac

¶ 1. Wisconsin Stat. § 81.15 (2001-02) 1 prohibits an action against a public authority to recover damages for injuries sustained by a natural accumulation of snow or ice upon a highway unless the condition existed for three weeks. The corollary, established by case law, is that actions based on artificial accumulations are actionable without the three-week requirement. Laffey v. City of Milwaukee, 4 Wis. 2d 111, 114-15, 89 N.W.2d 801 (1958). After examining the statute and case law, the trial court granted summary judgment to the Village of North Fond du Lac and dismissed the slip-and-fall…