Stinson v. Cleveland Clinic Found

In Stinson v. Cleveland Clinic Found. (1987), 37 Ohio App.3d 146, 524 N.E.2d 898, the defendant landowner plowed the snow from a sidewalk onto a grassy area on a graded incline. Thereafter, some snow melted, causing run-off onto the sidewalk which subsequently froze. The plaintiff who slipped and fell on the ice provided evidentiary materials as to the regional daily snowfall and hourly fluctuations in temperature, as well as the grading of the land and the resulting flow of water from the melting snow. The Eighth Appellate District determined that, under these facts, a genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether the condition was unnatural and reasonably foreseeable.