DAVID v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DOROTHEA DAVID, Case No. 2:18-cv-04864-JDW Plaintiff, V. WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP, et al. Defendants. □ MEMORANDUM The issue before the Court is whether a business owner has a legal duty to clear snow from its parking lot while a snowstorm continues. Pennsylvania’s “hills and ridges” doctrine provides the answer. Under that doctrine, no duty arises until snow stops falling. Because Dorothea David fell and sustained injuries in a parking lot while snow still fell, the Court grants summary judgment to defendants…