Bamberg v. Bryan's Wet Wash Laundry Inc.

The plaintiff, on February 4, 1936, fell and was injured while walking on a public sidewalk abutting the rear of premises occupied by the defendant. At the place of the plaintiff’s fall there was a driveway entrance for vehicles from the street to an open area on the rear portion of the defendant’s premises. On January 29, *1231936, as the result of earlier snow storms, the sidewalk was covered with snow and ice. The snow, which had not been shovelled, was about a foot deep. On that day trucks of a company engaged in selling coal had delivered coal to the defendant. The trucks had been driven…