Suing over snow removal? Here's what the courts have said about who's responsible
On Jan. 6, 2015, Taryn Joy Marchi stepped through a snowbank next to a newly plowed parking spot in downtown Nelson and into a classic Canadian conundrum.The ensuing drop injured Marchi's leg badly enough to warrant $1 million in alleged damages.The city claimed it had followed its snow removal policies, but could she sue them for a job poorly done?Nine years later, the result of that question — a legal battle which made it all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada — continue...
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