On 2002.07.18 00:34 Curt Sampson wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Karl O . Pinc wrote:
> 
> > All right, I can't resist.  Here in Chicago, a homeowner got sued, and
> > lost, because he shoveled the snow off his sidewalk and, later,
> > somebody slipped and fell while walking on the sidewalk.
> 
> As is right, if it was wanton or willful misconduct. Taking a piece
> of public property and converting it to a dangerous state is certainly
> rather different from writing a program that people can use or not,
> as they wish.

Most people would consider shoveling the snow off the sidewalk to
be converting the sidewalk to a less dangerous state.

Karl <kop@meme.com>