SUNTKEN v. 226 WEST 75TH ST. INC.


258 A.D.2d 314 (1999)

685 N.Y.S.2d 217

LARRY SUNTKEN et al., Appellants, v. 226 WEST 75TH ST. INC. et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided February 11, 1999.


An owner of property is under no duty to pedestrians to remove ice and snow that naturally accumulates upon the sidewalk in front of its premises. To incur liability, the owner's snow removal attempt must have made the sidewalk more dangerous (Jimenez v Cummings, 226 A.D.2d 112). Even during an ongoing storm, while ordinarily there would be no duty to remove snow, if one takes steps to...

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