Wiggins v. Cedar Christina Crossing, LLC: Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Parking-Lot Ice Fall

Premises Liability Ruling Issued
Date
March 23, 2026
Added to tracker
October 11, 2026
Court or forum
Supreme Court of Delaware
State
Delaware
Property type
Retail
Amount / scale
N/A — summary judgment affirmed for defendants
Parties
Defendant-Appellee: Cedar Christina Crossing, LLCDefendant-Appellee: Eastern LLC

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for a shopping-center owner and its snow-removal contractor in a suit over a black-ice fall in a parking lot, holding that a plaintiff cannot rely on self-contradicted testimony to defeat summary judgment once the record shows reasonable snow-and-ice care. Security video showed the lot clear and dry on the day in question, directly contradicting the plaintiff's own deposition testimony describing unplowed snow.

Why it matters

The ruling confirms that Delaware shopping-center owners and their maintenance contractors can defeat weather-related slip-and-fall claims at summary judgment using objective video evidence, reinforcing the litigation-risk value of parking-lot camera coverage and routine snow-and-ice documentation for commercial landlords.

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The plaintiff sued Cedar Christina Crossing, LLC, the owner of a Delaware shopping center, and Eastern LLC, the center's snow-removal contractor, over a fall on black ice in the shopping center's parking lot. His deposition testimony described unplowed, accumulated snow in the lot at the time of his fall, but security video from the property showed the lot clear and dry that day, with no snow, ice, or treatment activity visible.

Case timeline · 1 entry Latest: March 23, 2026 — Delaware Supreme Court affirms summary judgment for the shopping-center owner and snow-removal contractor

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