Rosenston v. Bickford Shoes, Inc.

The plaintiff, a business visitor of the defendant, was proceeding from the defendant’s parking space to the entrance of its building. He was injured by falling on ice concealed by a light fall of snow. Between the building and the paved walk parallel and adjacent to, and about at the level of, the street, was an unpaved area, about eighty-five feet long and fifteen feet wide, where photographs show that some grass grew in summer. This area was not fenced or clearly marked off from either the walk- or the parking area. It “was open and appeared to be open for the use of the customers.” The…