Ohio Appellate Panel: Property Owner Is Not Liable For Ice On Walkway

Mealey's (December 19, 2016, 10:10 AM EST) -- TOLEDO, Ohio — The owner of a property where a store patron was injured when she slipped and fell on ice on the walkway in front of the store is not liable because the owner “was not actually negligent in permitting an unnatural accumulation of ice on the walkway” that caused the patron to fall, an Ohio appeals court panel ruled Dec. 2, affirming a trial court’s summary judgment ruling (Barbara Rudnicki v. The Andersons, Inc., et al., No. L-16-1078, Ohio App., 6th Dist.; 2016 Ohio App. LEXIS 4870)....

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