Winter is Coming: Legal Advice for Slip and Falls
When should you get legal advice about a slip and fall injury? Before it happens. Merely showing that you slipped and fell is not enough to establish a legal claim.
Read More →Stop getting lawyers rich by watching where you walk
Is there any onus on pedestrians to avoid falling on slippery surfaces? I made a case for safe and passable sidewalks in my last column Are you liable if someone slips on the sidewalk in front of your home? One
Read More →Are you liable if someone slips on the sidewalk in front of your home?
A pedestrian slips and falls on ice on the sidewalk running in front of your home. Are you liable? You don’t own the property. It’s owned by the municipality. But they have passed a bylaw shifting the responsibility to you. Here is
Read More →Slip and fall: Do I have a legal claim?
“I slipped and fell, and was hurt. It happened in a store. Do I have a legal claim for compensation for my injuries and losses?” It’s a clear, straight forward question. Unfortunately, there isn’t a clear, straight forward answer. In
Read More →Sidewalks: Your duty
The front end of another Canadian winter. With it, comes accumulations of ice and snow: as normal and natural a Canadian experience as the setting sun. Through maintenance contractors, our tax dollars go to work to keep our roadways safe.
Read More →Sidewalk snow clearing bylaw useless if not enforced
I wrote that I may have milked the sidewalk safety cow quite enough with my third column on the subject last week. I asked that you not hesitate to send me more questions on the subject, though, noting that perhaps
Read More →Show a little common sense when venturing out on slippery sidewalks
I never get sick. I said those words as recently as last week. I should have knocked on wood, because here I am with a sore and scratchy throat, feeling like hell. It takes something away from the milestone experience
Read More →More on resident’s responsibility for clearing snow and ice
“Thank you” to Carol, a reader who e-mailed me with a question arising from my last column. I had written about sidewalk safety and referred to the Kelowna and West Kelowna bylaws that require us to keep the sidewalks in
Read More →Home Owners need to keep front sidewalks safe to walk
My father lives down the street from me. A little unsteady on his feet, he makes the short walk to visit several times a week. His legs aren’t what they used to be; he was born in 1935. His house
Read More →Property owners can’t possibly keep sidewalks perfectly clear
Legal column reminding that wintery conditions bare a legal responsibility for property owners to maintain their property and for the public to take reasonable steps to ensure their own safety
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