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 →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 →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 →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 →“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 →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 →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 →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 →“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 →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 →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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