Fitzsimons v. National Tea Co.

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• affirming jury finding of negligence where defendant admitted that he had plowed snow toward high end of parking lot, and that melting snow froze in area where plaintiff fell
• snow negligently piled in an area of a parking lot where alternate thawing and freezing caused it to drain across the lot and freeze, forming an unnatural accumulation of ice
• snow plowed into large mounds melted, creating an incline of ice on which the plaintiff slipped
• snow plowed into piles on east end of parking lot drained toward west end and refroze where plaintiff fell
• snow plowed into piles on east end of parking lot drained toward west end and refroze where plaintiff fell
• snow negligently piled in an area of a parking lot where alternate thawing and freezing caused it to drain across the lot and freeze, forming an unnatural accumulation of ice

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