NCHRP Legal Research Digest 57:

Tort Liability Defense Practices for Design Flexibility

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Publication Year:2012

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Terri L Parker; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Legal Research Digest 57: Tort Liability Defense Practices for Design Flexibility focuses on tort liability defense practices and cases involving the exercise of discretion in design. The report is designed to help provide ...
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COVER	1-1	(skim)
CONTENTS	2-2	(skim)
II. USE OF CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN METHODS	3-3	(skim)
A. Current Balancing Factors or Context Sensitive Design Policies	4-5	(skim)
C. Documentation Use in Litigation	6-6	(skim)
A. Legal Basis for Defense	7-15	(skim)
IV. DESIGN DOCUMENTATION CURRENT PRACTICES	16-16	(skim)
B. Current Practices--Documentation of the Design Analysis	17-19	(skim)
C. Documentation of Mitigation Strategies	20-21	(skim)
V. CONCLUSION	22-22	(skim)
APPENDIX A: Study Survey	23-24	(skim)
APPENDIX B: Survey Questionnaire	25-30	(skim)
APPENDIX C: Statutes Discussing Context Sensitive or Practical Design Concepts	31-37	(skim)
APPENDIX D: Iowa DOT, Office of Design, Chapter 1-1, Selecting Design Criteria	38-39	(skim)
APPENDIX E: Iowa DOT, Office of Design, Chapter 1-8, Documenting Design Decisions	40-42	(skim)
APPENDIX F: DelDOT Road Design Manual 3.1.3 Departure from Standards	43-49	(skim)
APPENDIX G: Sample Design Exception and Justification Form	50-50	(skim)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	51-51	(skim)
BACK COVER	52-52	(skim)

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Legal Research Digest 57: Tort Liability Defense Practices for Design Flexibility focuses on tort liability defense practices and cases involving the exercise of discretion in design. The report is designed to help provide a framework for determining potentially successful strategies to employ when defending design decisions made following the principles of context sensitive solutions.

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