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SNOW PILES
Q: The village had piled snow on both sides of the sidewalk. There, I
slipped and fell on ice. This ice was located on a portion of the sidewalk that
slopes down from the snow piles. From what I remember, there was no sand
or salt on the sidewalk.
A: Most probably, the village has enacted a prior written notice statute.
Under such a statute, the village may not be subjected to liability for injuries
caused by an improperly maintained street or sidewalk unless it has received
written notice of the defect, or an exception to the written notice requirement
applies. Recognized exceptions to the prior written notice requirement exist
where the municipality created the defect or hazard through an affirmative
act of negligence, or where a special use confers a special benefit upon the
municipality.
Your attorney will argue that the village created the icy condition by
its affirmative negligent act of piling snow on both sides of the sidewalk. The
snow foreseeably then melted, pooled in a sunken area of the sidewalk, and
refroze to create the hazardous condition. A municipality’s act in piling snow
as part of its snow removal efforts, which snow then melts and refreezes to
create a dangerous icy condition, constitutes an affirmative act giving rise to
an exception to the prior written notice requirement.
To prove your case, your attorney will want to look at the weather
records. He or she will hope that the evidence shows that, after the village
created the snow piles, the temperature rose and remained above freezing – so
the snow melted into water. Closer to the time of your accident, the temperature
dropped to below freezing – so this water froze into ice.
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