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EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A STORM IN PROGRESS, QUESTION OF FACT RAISED WHETHER SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS CREATED OR EXACERBATED THE DANGEROUS ICY CONDITION.

The First Department determined defendants’ summary judgment motion in this slip and fall case was properly denied. Although there was a snow storm in progress at the time of the fall, there was evidence plaintiff slipped on a sheet of ice which, because the temperature was well below freezing, could not have formed during the storm:

Here, as plaintiffs concede, there was a storm in progress at the time of the accident. Thus, the burden shifted to plaintiffs to demonstrate the existence of a triable issue of fact as to whether Sterling created or exacerbated the hazardous condition through its snow removal activities. Plaintiffs have met that burden, as they have both testified that they saw an ice patch at the scene of the accident. * * * This evidence supports plaintiffs’ argument that ice could not have formed after the snowclearing efforts by [defendant’s] employees. Accordingly, an issue of fact was raised as to whether [defendant’s] actions created or exacerbated a hazardous condition by employing a snowblower to remove snow without taking further steps to de-ice the sidewalk … . Baumann v Dawn Liquors, Inc., 2017 NY Slip Op 01986, 1st Dept 3-21-17

NEGLIGENCE (EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A STORM IN PROGRESS, QUESTION OF FACT RAISED WHETHER SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS CREATED OR EXACERBATED THE DANGEROUS ICY CONDITION)/SLIP AND FALL (EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A STORM IN PROGRESS, QUESTION OF FACT RAISED WHETHER SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS CREATED OR EXACERBATED THE DANGEROUS ICY CONDITION)/STORM IN PROGRESS DOCTRINE (EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A STORM IN PROGRESS, QUESTION OF FACT RAISED WHETHER SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS CREATED OR EXACERBATED THE DANGEROUS ICY CONDITION)/SIDEWALKS (EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A STORM IN PROGRESS, QUESTION OF FACT RAISED WHETHER SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS CREATED OR EXACERBATED THE DANGEROUS ICY CONDITION)

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