Not necessarily. If a slip and fall occurs entirely on private property, such as a parking lot or driveway, the property owner or occupier may be responsible for a person injured in a slip and fall accident. However, if a slip and fall occurs on a sidewalk that abuts the private property, legal liability for slip and falls becomes more complicated, even though many municipalities impose fines for failure to maintain abutting sidewalks. As a general rule, commercial property owners have a duty to remove natural hazards like snow and ice from abutting sidewalks; however, residential homeowners or tenants owe no duty to pedestrians to clear abutting sidewalks, unless the homeowner’s or tenant’s property creates a new or additional danger on the sidewalk.