Eckert v. Thole

CRANE, Judge.

Plaintiff LaVerne Eckert sought damages from defendants Richard and Cheryl Thole for injuries sustained on March 7, 1989 when plaintiff slipped on the public sidewalk abutting defendants’ two-family flat in the City of St. Louis. Plaintiff alleged that defendants negligently permitted water to run off onto the sidewalk which caused an artificial accumulation of water and ice. At trial defendants presented evidence that the snow and ice on the sidewalk was the result of below-freezing temperatures following an eleven-inch snow storm which had been preceded by an ice storm. The…