The Appellate Division has set aside the notion that a commercial landowner’s duty to clear snow and ice from sidewalks begins once the snow stops falling, also known as the ongoing storm rule.

In a published decision Thursday, the appeals court reversed awarding summary judgment to a commercial landlord sued by a pedestrian who slipped on an icy sidewalk in Princeton while sleet was falling. A commercial landlord has a duty to take reasonable steps to render a public walkway abutting its property safe, even when precipitation is falling, the appeals court ruled.

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