Case Name: Helen M. Staub, Respondent, v. City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1944-01-24
Citations: 267 A.D. 834
Docket Number: 
Parties: Helen M. Staub, Respondent, v. City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 267
Pages: 834–835

Head Matter:
Helen M. Staub, Respondent, v. City of New York, Appellant.

Opinion:
Action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff as a consequence of the claimed existence of snow and ice on a crosswalk at an intersection in Brooklyn. Judgment for the plaintiff reversed on the law, with costs, and the complaint dismissed on the law, with costs. The plaintiff failed to show actionable negligence where it appeared that the snow and ice upon which she fell were the result of a heavy snowstorm occurring six days prior to the accident, followed by rain and freezing weather, except for short intervals, and also followed by a snowfall twenty-four to forty-eight hours before the accident. (,Balzer v. City of New York, 279 N. Y.'742; Beutlinger v. City of New York, 281 N. Y. 592; Seltzer V. City of New York, 266 App. Div. 880.) Carswell, Acting P. J., Johnston, Adel, Lewis and Aldrich, JJ., concur.