Grevelding v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Following the trial, the Court of Claims determined that the snowbank, which had a hard core and extended above the highway’s concrete barrier, constituted a dangerous condition and was a proximate cause of decedent’s accident. The court found that defendant created the snowbank by its snow plowing methods, but that it did not thereby create the dangerous condition, which resulted from “passive accumulation to an unsafe height and consistency, or nonfeasance in removal,” coupled with the extreme and persistent weather. The court also found *1310that defendant did not have actual or constructive…
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