COLUMBUS, Ohio — ‘Tis the season for snow shoveling.

With Ohio getting deeper into winter with snowfall and cold temperatures, homeowners will be out bundled up and shoveling snow until the warmer months.

But if you don’t clear the snow and/or ice from your sidewalk, are you liable if someone slips, falls and gets hurt?

No, Ohio property owners are not liable for injuries that happen on snow and ice-covered sidewalks.

Depending on where you live, there may be an ordinance requiring a property owner to remove ice and snow.

“This is such a great question and a perennial one here in the state of Ohio, where snow and ice are obviously very common,” said Sarah Cole, the Michael E. Moritz chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution at The Ohio State University. “You might be surprised to know t

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