Calkins v. City of Plattsburgh

Defendant appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff $16,000 for personal injuries incurred when he slipped *154and fell on a path of snow and ice created by the defendant on one of its streets.

The city, in its process of snowplowing- and- removal, accumulated large snow piles on each side of Margaret Street, the size and depth thereof apparently being controlled by the snow accumulation during the Winter months. The size of the snowbanks is graphically demonstrated by the pictures, the receipt of which is one of the main arguments of defendant on this appeal. The city had adopted over a period…