Suing for ice on sidewalk

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Anonymous wrote:What a ridiculous law. OP is solely responsible for what happened to her. You have to exercise caution when walking after a snow storm. She was reckless. Other people certainly walked on that same sidewalk and were fine.
Who is she gonna blame and sue next? Another homeowner because she slipped on a banana peel in front of their house?
Stop with the victim mentality and take responsibility for your failures.

Possibly, if you have a duty to remove trash from your sidewalk. Glad a lot of lazy homeowner eyes have been opened in this thread

Or squinting shut from laughing.

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Anonymous wrote:What a ridiculous law. OP is solely responsible for what happened to her. You have to exercise caution when walking after a snow storm. She was reckless. Other people certainly walked on that same sidewalk and were fine.
Who is she gonna blame and sue next? Another homeowner because she slipped on a banana peel in front of their house?
Stop with the victim mentality and take responsibility for your failures.

Oh yes, recklessly walking down the sidewalk like a normal person. So reckless! Tbh this thread makes me hope someone these homeowners do get sued bc so many are apparently complete aholes.

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Anonymous wrote:What a ridiculous law. OP is solely responsible for what happened to her. You have to exercise caution when walking after a snow storm. She was reckless. Other people certainly walked on that same sidewalk and were fine.
Who is she gonna blame and sue next? Another homeowner because she slipped on a banana peel in front of their house?
Stop with the victim mentality and take responsibility for your failures.

Walking outside is reckless? It's obviously don't understand what the word reckless means.

Walking after a storm as if there was not risk of ice and not paying attention is reckless.
I'm certain many people walked on that same sidewalk before and after her without any issues because they proceeded with caution.
She was reckless, careless and now want to blame others for her failure.
Who is she going to sue next? She'll sue the coffee shop because they didn't tell her that the hot cup of coffee she ordered was hot?

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Anonymous wrote:What a ridiculous law. OP is solely responsible for what happened to her. You have to exercise caution when walking after a snow storm. She was reckless. Other people certainly walked on that same sidewalk and were fine.
Who is she gonna blame and sue next? Another homeowner because she slipped on a banana peel in front of their house?
Stop with the victim mentality and take responsibility for your failures.

Oh yes, recklessly walking down the sidewalk like a normal person. So reckless! Tbh this thread makes me hope someone these homeowners do get sued bc so many are apparently complete aholes.

Bring your frivolous lawsuit and watch it being dismissed. You'll only have yourself to blame.

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There was a house under construction near me for an I ordinate amount of time and the how owner refused to shovel snow, remove ice, or pay someone to do so. It was significant length on the way to an elementary school for dozens of kids. We left notes and called 311 a few times and the person still refused. This wasn’t a flip and the family who built the house now lives in it. If someone had been hurt, they 100% would have deserved a lawsuit- so it’s not always cut and dry.

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I get it but suing will make things worse. Just let it go.

Won't be worth the win.

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Are the houses close together
Do you know for sure which house number it was

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have proof of where you fell?

This. Also, I thought people are responsible for removing snow, so it’s “walkable”, which it seems they did. Not sure residents are also responsible for black ice.

It so happens I do, bc we took a photos right before and I was with other people, so there were multiple witnesses.

You took photos right before you fell on a random patch of ice outside someone’s house? Interesting. How do you know this homeowner?

I do not know the homeowner. The photos (of the people I was with in front of the property) were for an unrelated purpose.

Why were you hanging out on their property?

I wasn't. I walked down a public sidewalk that passed their house. Turns out, they are responsible for the sidewalk.

But you took a picture that includes the ice before you fell on it?

No, ice was not in the picture, someone asked me how I knew which property it was.

How often do you clear your sidewalk after snow?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have proof of where you fell?

This. Also, I thought people are responsible for removing snow, so it’s “walkable”, which it seems they did. Not sure residents are also responsible for black ice.

It so happens I do, bc we took a photos right before and I was with other people, so there were multiple witnesses.

You took photos right before you fell on a random patch of ice outside someone’s house? Interesting. How do you know this homeowner?

I do not know the homeowner. The photos (of the people I was with in front of the property) were for an unrelated purpose.

Why were you hanging out on their property?

I wasn't. I walked down a public sidewalk that passed their house. Turns out, they are responsible for the sidewalk.

But you took a picture that includes the ice before you fell on it?

No, ice was not in the picture, someone asked me how I knew which property it was.

How often do you clear your sidewalk after snow?

DP. Within 24 hours as required by county ordinance. I'm not a jerk.

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I put down salt in the morning and evening when there are icy conditions. Basic good citizenship.

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Anonymous wrote:I get it but suing will make things worse. Just let it go.

Won't be worth the win.

Worse for who? It would likely be worth the win to OP.

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If you sue for this you are evil. Open and shut.

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Anonymous wrote:I still think op is scum for trying to hurt a family for her own gain. OP and the person in her life who asked if she used both deserve all the bad karma.

Getting your medical expenses and lost wages paid for is not "for her own gain" if the property owner is legally liable.

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Anonymous wrote:Not wading through all these responses….sorry if I’m repetitive.

Presumably your insurance company covered your medical expenses. Which means anything you recover will first go to the insurance company to make them whole.

Next, it is extremely unlikely that an attorney will take this on contingency, especially given the involvement of the insurance company.

So, go for it…pay hundreds of dollars out of pocket to an attorney. If you actually have to go to trial and engage experts, the costs will be more than what you thing you are entitled to. So, you will have to settle for a reduced amount and turn that $ over to your insurance company who will then thank you for being the stoodge who paid an attorney so they could recover their expenses.

There are entire law practices that do this exact sort of work and they know how to work with insurers. Something like this would be settled out of court and likely without much more than a demand letter and a few phone calls. People really don't understand the first thing about how this works.

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Why did you wait until Summer to do this?