Savage v. Shah
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The injured plaintiff, Catherine T. Savage, allegedly slipped and fell on snow and ice while walking on a public sidewalk abutting property owned by the defendant. A driveway which provided access to the property traversed the sidewalk. The Supreme Court denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. We reverse.
“It is well settled that an owner of property is under no duty to pedestrians to remove ice and snow that naturally accumulates upon the sidewalk in front of his or her premises” (see Prado v City of New York, 276 AD2d 765). “A failure to remove all of the…
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