Minnesota Slip and Fall Case Involving Ice and Snow

February 25, 2009 Minneapolis Bus Accident: A 5-year-old boy slipped on ice and was run over by a school bus. Read more about this Minneapolis bus accident and Minnesota slip and fall law.

The owner and/or possessor of land has a duty to remove snow and ice and take any other appropriate action (salting walkways, for example) within a reasonable time after a storm has abated or before the storm has abated if there are "extraordinary circumstances" (1).

Municipalities and other governmental bodies are provided some immunity from liability for injuries arising from slips and falls on slippery streets and sidewalks, meaning most of the time they are not liable for these injuries. But there are exceptions to their immunity. In a recent Minnesota case involving slip and fall on ice and snow, the court stated that immunity “does not protect the municipality in the case where an accumulation of ice and snow is negligently permitted to remain for such a length of time as to cause the formation thereon by artificial means, of slippery and dangerous ridges, depressions and irregularities to such an extent as to render the street or sidewalk dangerous and unsafe for use” (2). Read about municipality liability in a Minnesota slip and fall case involving a public sidewalk or street.

If you have a Minnesota slip and fall cases involving ice and/or snow, contact our experienced Minnesota slip and fall attorneys for a free case evaluation. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman have been recognized as Minnesota “Super Lawyers” by Law & Politics magazine. They are regular speakers at legal education seminars and have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and other publications. To contact an attorney at Pritzker | Olsen, P.A., please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit the firm’s free case consultation form.

Mattson v. Luke’s Hospital, 252 Minn. 230, 234, 89 N.W.2d 743,745 (1958).
Otis v. Anoka-Hennepin School District No. 11, 611 N.W.2d 390,392 (Minn. App. 2000).

Our Minnesota slip and fall accident attorneys have offices in Minneapolis and represent injury victims throughout Minnesota, including but not limited to the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul), Bloomington, Eagan, Edina, Roseville, Woodbury, Duluth, Rochester, and St. Cloud.

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