Clarke v. Mal Elfman's Furniture Store

Plaintiff Evelyn Clarke (“Clarke”) broke her leg when she slipped and fell on what she claims was an unnatural accumulation of ice and snow on a sidewalk in Waltham, Massachusetts. The sidewalk also serves as an entrance to the parking lot of defendant Mai Elfman’s Furniture Store (“Elfman’s”). Summary judgment was entered for both defendants. Clarke argues on this appeal that there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether Elfman’s and defendant City of Waltham had negligently shoveled the sidewalk leaving it an *161unnatural state, or whether they allowed third parties to use the…