ICE SLIP CLAIM

[lorac2]

Can anyone help with this:

Private residential property grounds, a tenant slips on ice and hurts themselves. The weather has been very rigid and temperatures were very cold. The spot of the accident has never been reported to the landlords as a possible hazard and there are no witnesses. Does anyone haave any ideas. Is this a pure act of God and walking without due care and attention. Lastly, any ideas on how long a pending court case of this type could take?
Thanks for any suggestions.

[bobjugs12]

I hope Slippy McClumsy just accepts that the weather was icy and lives with it. Jesus, this whole sueing culture is pathetic

[Count-A-Strong]

Walking without due care and attention?

[factor-fiction]

I got wet in a downpour and my sweater shrank. Can I sue the landlord for not putting a roof over the yard? How long will a pending court case take?

[alexanderd]

temperatures were very cold? I would look out for ice next time it turns chilly

[factor-fiction]

Having re-read this I think lorac2 may be the landlord not the claimant

[boxtops]

In my days in working in liability insurance, this sort of thing rarely went to court - the insurance company would have made the decision. The deciding factor used to be predictability, if it could reasonably have been assumed that an accident would arise then the policy holder should have taken steps to improve the situation. If it had never been reported as hazardous and it was a genuine accident then they threw it out. Icy pavements, people fall over (I have to say I do it frequently, I fell out of the car on the ice last winter, I wouldn't have dreamed of suing either the council or Daihatsu!).

[alexanderd]

I think you may be right factor30 in which case he/she should have a word with his/her solicitor

[dothawkes31]

is this a new script for an episode of midsomer murders

[buildersmate]

I know that we've been having a few late frosts, but this is ridiculous.

[lorac2]

Trust me, I most certainly am not the landlord!

[sandyRoe]

I'll be a witness, for a small fee

[lorac2]

I don't think there are any chances, purely for the fact that there were no witnesses, Thanks for all the input.

[Old_Geezer]

I don't have legal knowledge, but FWIW my understanding was that if you got involved in clearing snow and/or ice and this resulted in unsafe conditions resulting in someone's injury, then you were liable. (Assuming the injured party wasn't doing something that made it their own fault.) But if you left the conditions alone then you are not liable for what the weather does.

Maybe you should just invest a short time with a solicitor to ask these questions ?

[lorac2]

Neither! Just another resident who is cheesed off at people trying it on!