CAN YOU RECOVER IF WATER REFREEZES FROM A SNOWPILE?

Ice and snow accumulation in parking lots is common during the cold months in Ohio, and many people slip and fall in parking lots. The general rule is that slipping and falling on natural ice and snow does not create a recoverable claim.

However, one of the exceptions (according to some courts in Ohio) is when the snow melts and refreezes when it is caused by an artificial sloping condition. For example, in Stinson v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 37 Ohio App.3d 146 (Cuyahoga Ct. App. 1987), the Court held that snow plowed onto a sloping hillside, which thaws and refreezes, created liability when a patient slipped on ice caused by the runoff. However, other courts have held that slipping and falling from runoff from a typical snow pile in the parking lot did not create liability.

Your ability to recover a claim when you fall in a parking lot can be difficult, but not impossible. Call us to discuss your case.

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