Quinn v. McPherson

Langenbach, J. †

This is an appeal from a jury verdict allowing plaintiff damages for a fall upon snow and ice on the sidewalk in front of appellants’ premises.

Plaintiff alleged that on December 31, 1964, at 8 a.m., there was snow and ice on the street. After a summary judgment had been granted against her first complaint, she amended it to allege an unnatural accumulation of snow and ice at the place where she fell near the corner of appellants’ store. She alleged that a drainpipe from the marquee over the front of the store violated the city ordinance in that it drained directly onto the…