If the ongoing-storm rule ever existed in New Jersey, Judge Douglas Fasciale, P.J.A.D., in an April 9, 2020, thorough and well-reasoned discussion of the issue, made it clear that this is not the law. Pareja v. Princeton International Properties, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2020).
The ongoing-storm rule, recognized by many out-of-state cases, relieves commercial landowners of any obligation to remove snow or ice from their premises until after the precipitation has stopped falling.
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