Sidle v. Humphrey

Both sides apparently concede that Mark was a business invitee of the defendant’s tenants. The only cause of Mark’s fall alleged in the pleadings or indicated by the evidence was the natural accumulation of ice and snow on the steps and on the porch at the top of those steps.

Paragraph two of the syllabus in Debie v. Cochran Pharmacy-Berwick, Inc. (1967), 11 Ohio St. 2d 38, 227 N. E. 2d 603, reads:

“The mere fact standing alone that the owner or occupier has failed to remove the natural accumulations of snow and ice from private walks on his business premises for an unreasonable time does not…