Watch Out for the Exceptions as the New Jersey Supreme Courts Adopts the “On-Going Storm Rule"
By EsqSocial Corporation 23/06/21
The Supreme Court of New Jersey has recently formally adopted, as the law of the land for New Jersey, the “ongoing storm rule” as a valid defense for commercial landowners. As a result, in New Jersey, a commercial landowner does not have a duty to remove the accumulation of snow and ice until the conclusion of a storm absent two exceptions: 1) if the owner’s conduct increases the risk; or 2) the danger is pre-existing....
By: Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &