Court OKs Delay in Snow Clearance
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. —
Businesses may wait a “reasonable time” after a snowstorm to shovel their sidewalks, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
The ruling was made in a lawsuit filed by a woman who had slipped on an icy sidewalk at Northwestern College in Roseville on the second day of a three-day snowstorm in 1981.
A jury awarded Julie Ann Niemann, who suffered a herniated disc, $42,000. However, the appeals court said she should not receive damages because the college had not been negligent.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
