Winter is Coming: Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Lack of Evidence of Unnatural Accumulation

In Chicago, many people dread the long, windy, and cold winters. What makes matters even worse is when there’s excess ice and snow. However, most Chicagoans don’t try to blame others when they slip on ice and snow. It’s been a longstanding rule in Illinois that to recover for an injury after falling on ice or snow, a plaintiff must show an unnatural accumulation of ice and/or snow. However, many plaintiffs try and push the limits on what’s considered unnatural accumulation. That was the case in Leslie Cole v. Paper Street Group LLC, 2018 IL App (1st) 180474.
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