Who’s Liable When an Accident Is Caused by Black Ice or Bad Weather?

When you have an accident as a result of black ice or bad weather, it’s really an interesting question. So, if you get rear ended and the other person says, “Oh, I lost control because of black ice.” It doesn’t matter. They’re always going to be considered negligent. And the reason for that is you always have to maintain a safe driving distance between you and the other driver. So if someone else is at fault, they’re always going to be at fault for not properly handling their car under the conditions. If you’re in a single car accident and you want to go after the city or the state as a result of the ice conditions and failure to salt, failure to sand, failure to remove snow, totally different situation. It depends what state you’re in. Depends what happened, how much snow there was, when the snow fell, and we’d really have to look at it. So most importantly, call us and we can discuss it with you.