Legal Problems Arising out of Highway Programs. Topic 24-03. Guidelines for Drafting Liability Neutral Transportation Engineering Documents
The objective of this research is to produce a style and drafting guide that may be used as a practical resource for researchers, practitioners, and those who implement safety projects. This guide would address how to avoid concepts and language that can have legal implications by promoting clear, direct, objective, and fact-based expressions. This guide should be developed through research by lawyers who have a background in tort liability involving organizations that use engineering documents to design, construct, and/or maintain facilities, products, or systems that are often the subject of tort claims.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $50000
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Contract Numbers:
Project 20-06, Topic 24-03
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Sponsor Organizations:
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Performing Organizations:
Parker Corporate Enterprises, Ltd
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Principal Investigators:
Parker, Terri
- Start Date: 20190122
- Expected Completion Date: 20200122
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Documents; Guidelines; Safety; Tort liability; Transportation departments; Transportation engineering
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01787230
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
- Contract Numbers: Project 20-06, Topic 24-03
- Files: TRB, RIP
- Created Date: Nov 2 2021 2:29PM