Anonymous wrote:The OP still has not explained why they could not get STD. Are there some things that qualify or do not as reasons? I assumed it needed a doctor note that you can't work and then you have STD paid out at whatever the rate is.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I slipped on an icy sidewalk outside someone's house (isolated black ice on an otherwise cleared ground), fell and broke my arm, was disabled for 8 weeks, could not work and was no covered by STD. Turns out that the property owner is responsible for the sidewalk where I was. I'm not the litigious type, but do I actually have a case? Would you sue for this?

You ABSOLUTELY do (as long as they have insurance).

When I was younger, we lived in a townhouse development and something similar happened to my neighbor but she broke her ankle.
She was paid over $15 million for pain and suffering, lost wages & future pain and suffering.

I know that my HOA was probably liable because we were playing outside on the ice (it had been hailing) for at least two hours, l maybe more before my neighbor fell, and the HOA is supposed to get someone outside to salt the sidewalks AS SOON as they learned that it was hailing ice -- but someone didn't start salting until at least 2 hours after the sidewalk became slippery.

Good luck, OP!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People don’t really have a lot of control over black ice developing. You say yourself it was otherwise cleared. It’s not like they were trying to be negligent. I am sorry you were injured so severely, and I think this is just a matter of accidents happen, not really a matter of a reason to go looking for someone to blame.

I really do not care about the blame. I would appreciate the financial compensation for my actual losses.

Anonymous wrote:OP, you chose to go out and take a stroll after a snowstorm. It should have been obvious to you that snow and ice either were or could have been present. Homeowners have no duty to warn about open and obvious conditions, and foreseeable risks. That is on YOU.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I slipped on an icy sidewalk outside someone's house (isolated black ice on an otherwise cleared ground), fell and broke my arm, was disabled for 8 weeks, could not work and was no covered by STD. Turns out that the property owner is responsible for the sidewalk where I was. I'm not the litigious type, but do I actually have a case? Would you sue for this?

You ABSOLUTELY do (as long as they have insurance).

When I was younger, we lived in a townhouse development and something similar happened to my neighbor but she broke her ankle.
She was paid over $15 million for pain and suffering, lost wages & future pain and suffering.

I know that my HOA was probably liable because we were playing outside on the ice (it had been hailing) for at least two hours, l maybe more before my neighbor fell, and the HOA is supposed to get someone outside to salt the sidewalks AS SOON as they learned that it was hailing ice -- but someone didn't start salting until at least 2 hours after the sidewalk became slippery.

Good luck, OP!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I slipped on an icy sidewalk outside someone's house (isolated black ice on an otherwise cleared ground), fell and broke my arm, was disabled for 8 weeks, could not work and was no covered by STD. Turns out that the property owner is responsible for the sidewalk where I was. I'm not the litigious type, but do I actually have a case? Would you sue for this?

You ABSOLUTELY do (as long as they have insurance).

When I was younger, we lived in a townhouse development and something similar happened to my neighbor but she broke her ankle.
She was paid over $15 million for pain and suffering, lost wages & future pain and suffering.

I know that my HOA was probably liable because we were playing outside on the ice (it had been hailing) for at least two hours, l maybe more before my neighbor fell, and the HOA is supposed to get someone outside to salt the sidewalks AS SOON as they learned that it was hailing ice -- but someone didn't start salting until at least 2 hours after the sidewalk became slippery.

Good luck, OP!

$15 million for a broken ankle? Slipping on hail 2 hours later which happens in the summer and melts almost immediately? Yup, this definitely happened.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I slipped on an icy sidewalk outside someone's house (isolated black ice on an otherwise cleared ground), fell and broke my arm, was disabled for 8 weeks, could not work and was no covered by STD. Turns out that the property owner is responsible for the sidewalk where I was. I'm not the litigious type, but do I actually have a case? Would you sue for this?

You ABSOLUTELY do (as long as they have insurance).

When I was younger, we lived in a townhouse development and something similar happened to my neighbor but she broke her ankle.
She was paid over $15 million for pain and suffering, lost wages & future pain and suffering.

I know that my HOA was probably liable because we were playing outside on the ice (it had been hailing) for at least two hours, l maybe more before my neighbor fell, and the HOA is supposed to get someone outside to salt the sidewalks AS SOON as they learned that it was hailing ice -- but someone didn't start salting until at least 2 hours after the sidewalk became slippery.

Good luck, OP!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Home owners are not required by law to clear the sidewalk in most jurisdictions. Bottom line the home owner is not liable if these were natural conditions and would likely be praised if they made a reasonable effort to clear the snow.

OP waited six months to bring this up; the statues of limitation‘s is probably been exceeded.

Black ice on sidewalk?

This past winter was not cold enough for black ice if this is the DC area.

If OP had surgery , then the insurance company should have inquired about a third-party being involved at the time

OP just happened to take a picture of the black ice and her self standing in front of the home minutes before she fell. And then minutes after she fell. This is suspicious.

OP should know that people don’t sue insurance companies. Your Insurance company with you the other insurance company for reimbursement on the cost of your surgery, short, term, disability, etc.

Every town I can think of has a city ordinance regarding sidewalk clearing.

Anonymous wrote:Home owners are not required by law to clear the sidewalk in most jurisdictions. Bottom line the home owner is not liable if these were natural conditions and would likely be praised if they made a reasonable effort to clear the snow.

OP waited six months to bring this up; the statues of limitation‘s is probably been exceeded.

Black ice on sidewalk?

This past winter was not cold enough for black ice if this is the DC area.

If OP had surgery , then the insurance company should have inquired about a third-party being involved at the time

OP just happened to take a picture of the black ice and her self standing in front of the home minutes before she fell. And then minutes after she fell. This is suspicious.

OP should know that people don’t sue insurance companies. Your Insurance company with you the other insurance company for reimbursement on the cost of your surgery, short, term, disability, etc.

Anonymous wrote:I slipped on an icy sidewalk outside someone's house (isolated black ice on an otherwise cleared ground), fell and broke my arm, was disabled for 8 weeks, could not work and was no covered by STD. Turns out that the property owner is responsible for the sidewalk where I was. I'm not the litigious type, but do I actually have a case? Would you sue for this?