Legal Opinion
Cartin v. United States
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided May 23, 1994No. 93-CV-66PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, DECISION & ORDER
MeAVOY, Chief Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
This suit involves a slip and fall accident which occurred on March 5, 1991 in front of the United States Post Office in Potsdam, New York (“post office”). A severe ice storm had hit Potsdam on March 3 and March 4, 1991. The storm was so harsh that routine mail delivery was canceled on March 4, 1991.
During the winter months, after such storms, the Village of Potsdam Department of Public Works (DPW) plows the streets and the sidewalks in the downtown business area, including the sidewalk in front of the post office. The DPW usually…
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