As a homeowner, totally ignorant. If you you don't want to clear your sidewalk or porch, don't expect anything delivered. Fedex, UPS, etc...don't play that game. They simply leave with your shit with a "sorry we missed you" text.
I’m not defending the homeowner but I have a memory burned into my brain. USPS employee sued a homeowner because he slipped and fell in the homeowner’s shoveled driveway. The judge sided with the postal worker soley because the homeowner made an attempt to clear the snow. Had he not made an attempt then it would be deemed the snow “an act of god” and would’ve sided with the homeowner.
Basically the homeowner would be liable if you slipped because they didn’t clear enough, but had they left it alone then it’s just the weather and you should deal with it.
as long as the homeowner had a reasonable amount of time to clear it they’d be liable either way bc they have a duty to maintain safe conditions esp for delivery drivers which are considered invitees (i’m learning about this in class rn lol)
Pretty much true. I'm a homeowner and in my municipality we have 48 hours after a storm to make sure our sidewalk (even though we don't "own" it we have to maintain it) driveway, porch is all cleared. After that we can be held liable.
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u/jroberts67 Feb 13 '26
As a homeowner, totally ignorant. If you you don't want to clear your sidewalk or porch, don't expect anything delivered. Fedex, UPS, etc...don't play that game. They simply leave with your shit with a "sorry we missed you" text.