What is the Pennsylvania slip and fall legal doctrine that is referred to as “hills and ridges”?
• The hills and ridges principle can protect an owner or occupier of land from liability in a PA slip and fall accident when: • There are GENERAL slippery conditions due to an ice/snow storm and… • The owner has not unreasonably delayed the snow removal to permit the ice and snow to be trampled into an unsafe situation of hills and ridges. • In other words, a Pennsylvania slip and fall victim who fell on a sidewalk during or right after a snow/ice storm would have difficulty proving that the property owner was liable for his/her injuries.
