Anonymous wrote:OP, you really asked the wrong audience. This board is full of rich people who have well-paying jobs that add very little to society and who believe that the rest of the world exists to serve them. The idea that one of the "peons" would sue them for doing something wrong is a difficult concept for them. They can't even understand that there are jobs in this world that don't have STD -- that's how removed from reality they are.

I’m far from rich- single mom teacher. But this is just stupid. She fell. Accidents happen. You can’t sue over everything- well, you can, but again it’s stupid. Her insurance should have covered the accident.

My biggest takeaway from this thread is to be thankful we live somewhere without sidewalks.

OP, you really asked the wrong audience. This board is full of rich people who have well-paying jobs that add very little to society and who believe that the rest of the world exists to serve them. The idea that one of the "peons" would sue them for doing something wrong is a difficult concept for them. They can't even understand that there are jobs in this world that don't have STD -- that's how removed from reality they are.

I spent the last decade plus in New England, but the people who do not adequately clear the pathways outside their homes are the problem. Vacations don’t matter and I’ve absolutely arranged for my walkway to get cleared when I was out of town.

Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t STD cover your time out of work?

Entirely depends on jurisdiction and employer. If you work with your body as an independent contractor, you're SOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did this topic come up in June?

BC I only recently learned that I might be able to recover some of the losses. Someone asked me if I sued and it had not occurred to me.

You are beyond the statue of limitations and any claims are baseless because any of your injuries could have happened since then

That's not true. It can be up to 2 years in some places.

Given we haven't had snow in nearly 2 yrs here...

Anonymous wrote:We barely had snow last winter. Was this over a year ago?

This. There was no snow or ice this year.

And OP said she didn't work for 8 months.

So it's been like a year and a half, and OP you're just *now* thinking about suing? What's your real motivation, OP?

Why didn’t STD cover your time out of work?

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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.

It is your fault that you fell. This is just typical American greed. Shame on you

+1. This was my reaction.

We barely had snow last winter. Was this over a year ago?

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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?

Yea, suspicious.

I highly doubt you would win. It doesn’t sound like negligence. You would pay your lawyer to sue them, they would contact their homeowners insurance, the insurance company’s in house lawyers would fight it because it seems frivolous. Best case scenario for you, they settle for a small amount of money to make you go away and your attorney takes half. Then if you ever sue anyone for something else again, it would be available for them to see

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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.

It is your fault that you fell. This is just typical American greed. Shame on you

It is quite frankly not my fault that I fell. I was wearing appropriate shoes for the weather, walking at a normal pace for a normal purpose on a sidewalk, in an area that appeared clear & safe but was not. There is nothing that I could have done differently not to fall. If there were no ice, or if it had been salted or marked, I would not have fallen.

Standard is knew or should have know. If you could t have done anything different, how could the homeowner be expected to know there was a problem. But as others have said, if you are interested in pursuing, consult an attorney. There is no shortage in our area.

But don’t assume that insurance will pay or that people carry umbrella insurance. There’s no guarantee.

This answers your question. DC is a contributory negligence state. You assumed the risk of potential harm walking in hazardous conditions (the potential for black ice existed) so unless the owners knew it was there and did nothing about it you are out of luck for any meaningful recovery. You can hire a lawyer who will take the case on contingency, the home owners will likely throw you a bone to make you go away and the lawyer will take at least 33% of the settlement.

Slap a lien on house and file a judgement. Take then down.

Greedy and tacky