No action may be maintained against a city, village, town, or county to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of an accumulation of snow or ice upon any bridge or highway, unless the accumulation existed for 3 weeks. Any action to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of an accumulation of snow or ice that has existed for 3 weeks or more upon any bridge or highway is subject to s. 893.80.
Wis. Stat. § 893.83
Damages caused by accumulation of snow or ice; liability of city, village, town, and county
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Ferdon Ex Rel. Petrucelli v. Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund (2005)
Most recently applied in 395 Wis. 2d 551 - Gregory E. Knoke v. City of Monroe (December 2020)
2003 a. 214 ss. 136, 137, 189; 2011 a. 132.
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Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.