Legal Question in Personal Injury in Pennsylvania

Re: Injury On a Business Site

Pennsylvania's ice law, called the Hills and Ridges doctrine, understands that we have thawing and re-freezing here. The doctrine is too complicated to state here but, generally, somebody who slips and falls can only sue successfully if either the whole area was a "skating rink" but the plaintiff slipped on a hill or ridge on that slick surface, or on an isolated patch of ice. If your whole area is a sheet of ice, the law will hold the walker liable for stying to navigate a known slippery area. Make certain your liability insurance covers you. If you don't have liability insurance, you're living life very dangerously!