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posted by [identity profile] crazyscot.livejournal.com at 09:22pm on 20/12/2009
We used to, here in Blighty, but (possible pinch of salt territory, err, as it were) in these "enlightened" days if you try to clear your pavement and somebody slips and falls on it they are likely to set ambulance chasers on you - whereas if you don't, they can't.
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 09:26pm on 20/12/2009
Oh dear, I shall have to put out a little hazard warning sign, taking no responsibility for people and exhorting them to check for black ice before they put their best foot forwards.
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posted by [identity profile] akicif.livejournal.com at 01:20pm on 21/12/2009
It's not just in these enlightened days: back in the 70s in Edinburgh people were warned about clearing pavements in front of their houses: it seems that the cold weather we had wasn't quite cold enough and the scrapings would do the slow flow/regelation thing and become far slippier than snow-with-footprints-in, so more "if you don't, they won't", really.
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posted by [identity profile] bibliofile.livejournal.com at 10:45pm on 21/12/2009
It varies in the USA, too. In the city of Chicago, you can never sue the property owner for a fall on their snowy walk. It doesn't matter if they've shoveled or not. In Chicago, the landlords rule.

In the city of Madison, Wisconsin (where I live now), if you don't clear your walk within a reasonable time, you can get a ticket (small fine).
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