Goldstein v. Dattelbaum

Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when the plaintiff slipped and fell on a snow and ice-covered sidewalk in the borough of Brooklyn. The accident took place about sixteen and three-quarters hours after the cessation of a twenty-four-hour snow storm, during which eight and eight-tenths inches of snow and sleet fell. During the storm and for some two days thereafter the temperature was at all times below *813the freezing point. There was testimony from which it could be found that some of the sidewalk areas in the vicinity had been cleared at the time of the accident. The…