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National Republican (Washington City
Washington, District Of Columbia
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A letter complains about a slippery sidewalk opposite a doctor's office on New York Avenue, highlighting the irony and questioning legal liability: whether the doctor could charge fees for treating resulting injuries, be sued for negligence, or if police are responsible for not enforcing cleanup laws.
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To the Editor of The Republican:
I think we may reasonably assume that there are few men better posted on the dangers of slippery sidewalks than our medical fraternity, and yet it is a remarkable fact that one of the very few places in this city where there is still a superficies of several square feet of frozen snow on the sidewalk is opposite a doctor's office on New York avenue.
On Saturday last I saw two persons slip on it: one fell down, the other managed to recover her footing without actually falling.
Now a question presents itself which it would not be amiss to have answered for the information of the people: Suppose an individual passing that spot at night, does not see the leg-breaking arrangement, falls and is disabled thereby. As a matter of course the doctor who lives so handy is called on to attend to the unfortunate individual. I should like to know where would the action lie? Could the doctor legally claim a fee under such circumstances? or could the sufferer sue the doctor for having indirectly caused the accident? or would the action lie against the police for not enforcing the law as to cleaning the sidewalks?
Yours, &c.,
PEDESTRIAN.
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Pedestrian.
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To The Editor Of The Republican
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highlights the negligence of a doctor's office having an uncleared slippery sidewalk and questions legal liability if someone falls: whether the doctor could claim fees for treatment, be sued for causing the accident, or if police are liable for not enforcing sidewalk cleaning laws.
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