Patten’s deposition. (Docket 34 at p. 1). Mr. Patten as the Rushmore building custodian is well-suited to describe the general condition of the sidewalk based on his knowledge and observations gained while working there. 6 .Consistent with the court’s oral ruling at trial, the government's objection to the admission of Ms. Clermont’s statement is overruled. See Docket 34 at p. 2. 7 . The Janis Court clarified that " ‘ [t]he duty to keep the properly reasonably safe is, in turn, a subpart of the general duty to exercise reasonable care’ for the benefit of others.” Id. at 501 (quoting Mitchell, 396 N.W.2d at 314) 8 . The accumulation of ice on the sidewalk where Ms. Larmon fell was not a natural accumulation of ice. See Budahl v. Gordon & David Associates, 323 N.W.2d 853, 855 (S.D.1982) (<HOLDING>). The South Dakota Supreme Court’s decision in
holding that a municipal corporation may be liable for injuries resulting from its failure to keep the shoulder of a highway in repair recognizing the general rule that a property owner is not liable for the negligence of an independent contractor holding a landlord liable for injuries sustained by a tenant who slipped on an icy sidewalk recognizing a cause of action by the owner of contaminated property against a previous owner who allegedly caused the contamination holding that an owner or occupant of properly is not liable to pedestrians for injuries resulting from a fall caused by the natural accumulation of snow and ice on a sidewalk in front of the property 