Green v. Hollidaysburg

Citations

• 236 Pa. 430
• 84 A. 785
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 770

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Boroughs — Icy sidewállcs — Contributory negligence.</p> <p>1. A municipality is not liable for an injury caused by the slippery condition of a pavement resulting from natural causes such as the recent formation of ice, but it may be held liable where ridges of ice are allowed to form and remain for an unreasonable time after notice actual or constructive.</p> <p>2. In an action by a woman against a borough to recover damages for personal injuries sustained from a fall at night on an icy pavement on a street of the borough, the case is for the jury and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff will be sustained, where the evidence showed that the plaintiff fell on a ridge of ice from four to six inches high, extending across the pavement from house line to curb and somewhat obscured by a slight fall of snow; that the condition had existed for several weeks, although not known to the plaintiff because she had not been on the street for a week; that snow was piled up at the edge of the pavement to such a height as to make it difficult to go into the street; and that plaintifE assumed, as she wore good rubbers, she could walk with safety close to the curb where the ridges of ice were lower.</p>