Harmotta v. Bender

How courts have described this case

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• citing, inter alia, Tonik v. Apex Garages, Inc., 275 A.2d 296, 298 (Pa. 1971)
• hills and ridges doctrine applied where “[a] layer of fresh snow, which had fallen the day of the accident, covered a layer of packed snow and ice”
• “Nor is proof of hills and ridges required where an icy condition is caused by the defendant’s neglect, as where a city maintains a defective hydrant, water pipe, drain, or spigot.” (cleaned up)
• “Instantly, a review of the record reveals that generally slippery conditions -7- J-A24033-21 existed in the community at the time of the appellant-wife’s fall. A layer of fresh snow, which had fallen the day of the accident, covered a layer of packed snow and ice.”
• reviewing the “hills and ridges” doctrine
• reviewing the “hills and ridges” doctrine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).