NIEBARGER v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 34708.

53 Wn.2d 228 (1958)

332 P.2d 463

CARRIE I. NIEBARGER, Respondent, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

December 4, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.C. Van Soelen and John A. Logan, for appellant.

Conner & Potter, for respondent.


MALLERY, J.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when she fell on an icy sidewalk in the city of Seattle. From an adverse judgment based on the jury's verdict, the defendant appeals.

A heavy intermittent snowfall commenced on January 15th and continued to January 18, 1954. The sidewalk, which was level where the respondent fell, had become ridged and humped with ice and snow from pedestrian traffic. This constituted the dangerous...

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