STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) Stamford is trying to shift legal liability in slip-and-fall lawsuits to private property owners.

The Stamford Advocate reports that Mayor David Martin has submitted legislation to put legal responsibility for snow-related injury claims onto property owners.

He's acting following a state Supreme Court ruling last month. The justices ruled that property owners can't be sued for injuries from a fall on a sidewalk in front of their home or business unless a municipal law makes them liable.

Martin said that before the court ruling, homeowners would be responsible for clearing sidewalks, though he says the injured person would sue ``everybody in sight.''

Current local law requires property owners to clear their sidewalks within 12 hours after a storm ends, but it doesn't address liability.