Ritzman v. Kashulines

On January 17, 1982, Jane L. Ritzman slipped and fell on a natural accumulation of snow on the shoulder of Main Street in Hopkinton. Mrs. Ritzman fell while walking toward the sidewalk in front of the defendants’ store, The Cracker Barrel. The area where she fell is used for parking by customers of the store and has been periodically plowed by the defendants.

Mrs. Ritzman and her husband filed suit against the defendants, alleging that the defendants had a duty to maintain the parking area in a reasonably safe condition and that Mrs. Ritzman’s injury was proximately caused by a breach of this…