McCorkle v. City of Hartford

On December 31, 1969, at about noon, the plaintiff fell on a public sidewalk at the northwest corner of Garden Street and Mather Street in the city of Hartford and sustained personal injuries. On December 31, 1969, a precipitation in the form of snow, sleet, and/or freezing rain began at 2 a.m., continued through noon, when the plaintiff fell, and ended about 4 p.m. Three inches of snow fell during those hours; at the time that the plaintiff fell, it was snowing. The trial court found that there was no evidence as to how long the condition which caused the fall had existed on the sidewalk…