Quote Originally Posted by Medusa View Post
There's such a thing as "easement" which grants the right from one property owner to another to use a portion of his land for a specific purpose, in this case, a sidewalk. I can't say that I totally understand the law, not being an attorney, but I do know from experience that it gives me the right to walk up to someone's door and, for example, attempt to sell my goods to the homeowner, unless there is an expressed law w/in the city limits stating otherwise. I'm probably not stating this correctly but you get my drift. So if a person slips on your sidewalk in your yard, s/he wasn't trespassing; s/he was using the easement, which is legal.
I understand that, it makes sense. I suppose it depends on the person's reason for being on your property in the first place; what if some kids were skipping across some yards (at my parents kids used to cut across through my parents' back yard all the time to get to the road) and if they got hurt that way. That isn't a sidewalk, but what if they tripped and fell and hurt themselves on something in my yard while they were just taking a shortcut? That type of scenario. OR maybe I have a sidewalk leading around to my fenced backyard and they slip on that. IDK, I'm sure there's all sorts of amendments and sublaws and whathave you, man I'm sure it can get really complicated!