[BC] Dark station.... Violations.. who is responsible

[Barry Mishkind]

One has to hope that this is just a nasty slap by the insurance 
company at the business. This sort of idiocy should be overthrown on 
appeal.  They probably just didn't want to pay for it.  I hope they 
are not my insurance agent.

At 01:41 PM 12/24/2006, Gary Peterson wrote
>A few years ago, a business, that my wife worked for, leased ground floor
>space in a commercial building (that belonged to a law firm).  One of the
>employees of the tenant business had been shoveling snow off the sidewalk
>out front because the landlord had been negligent in doing so.  The lease
>did specify that snow removal was the landlord's responsibility.  Late one
>afternoon, during a freezing rain, a jogger slipped, fell and broke her
>wrist in front of this business.  Because the tenant business had been
>"maintaining" the sidewalks, it was found to be liable, rather than the
>landlord, and had to pay a rather large settlement.  (The tenant's insurance
>company paid the settlement and significantly raised their insurance
>premiums.)  The tenant's lawyer told them not to shovel a single snowflake
>in the future.  If someone broke their neck, it would be the landlord's
>problem then.  Doesn't that give you a warm feeling about trying to be
>helpful?