After Phoebe Brown injured herself on an icy sidewalk, she sued the property's owner, management company, and, tenant. (She claimed the group created -- or had prior notice of -- the slippery condition and failed to take action.)
When the Tompkins County Supreme Court denied the defendants' request to dismiss the case, they appealed to Appellate Division, Third Department, which thought there were unresolved questions as to whether the defendants had known of the dangers extant.
In addition to testifying that she hadn't seen the ice patch until after she had fallen, Brown submitted a meteorologist's report which showed that the sheet was the residue of a prior day's storm and had been in place for some 16 hours prior to her fall.
Phoebe wasn't about to fumble that time.
For a copy of the Appellate Division's decision, please use this link: Brown v. Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Inc.