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Engineering Standards In Highway Design Litigation
Engineering Standards for Forensic Application (2018)
  • Michael Lewyn
Abstract
Highway engineers sometimes believe that if they redesign streets to improve pedestrian safety (for example, by introducing traffic calming techniques) they might be successfully sued for negligent design by motorists. This chapter suggests that in such situations, governments are likely to be protected by discretionary function immunity. In addition, the chapter discusses a variety of technical issues.
Keywords
  • street,
  • highway,
  • design,
  • road,
  • safety,
  • pedestrian,
  • engineer,
  • negligent,
  • immunity
Publication Date
2018
Editor
Richard McClay, Robert Anderson
Publisher
Academic Press
ISBN
9780128132401
Publisher Statement
Reprinted from Engineering Standards for Forensic Application, Michael Lewyn, Engineering Standards in Highway Design Litigation, pages 119-20, Copyright (2018) with permission from Elsevier
Citation Information
Michael Lewyn. "Engineering Standards In Highway Design Litigation" 1stEngineering Standards for Forensic Application (2018) p. 199 - 220
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lewyn/170/