Bucher v. Sunbury Borough

Citations

• 216 Pa. 89
• 64 A. 906
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 567

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Boroughs—Pavement—Evidence—Question for jury.</p> <p>In an action against a borough to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by falling on a slippery pavement, the case is for the jury where the evidence tends to show that at the place of the accident there were offsets, and irregular and rough places which were permitted to become filled with snow and ice to such an extent as to make it unsafe for public use, and that this condition had existed for several weeks. In such a case it was for the jury also to determine whether the dangers of the situation were so obvious as to cause a prudent man to avoid them.</p> <p>Negligence — Borough—Pavement—Abutting owner.</p> <p>If a borough fails in the performance of its duties to keep or cause to be kept, its pavements in a reasonably safe condition for public use, it is liable in damages for such injuries as result from its negligence, and its liability is not affected by the question of the non-liability of an abutting property owner.</p>