ATTACKING TORT LIABILITY THROUGH AN IMPROVED RISK MANAGEMENT PROCESS: A STATE PERSPECTIVE

This article reports on an in-depth evaluation of the risk management practice of a major state Department of Transportation (DOT). The purpose of the evaluation was to answer two basic questions on the effectiveness of the DOT's management process in addressing tort liability problems: Have the most significant physical hazards or deficiencies been properly identified and addressed by the DOT?; and, Is management properly implementing and controlling for the guidelines? Several recommendations were made to correct deficiencies found in the risk management system, including: (1) giving the district engineering offices the key role for risk management control by explicitly assigning the responsibility for ensuring implementation of risk management policies and directives to the ADE-maintenance; (2) employing in the central office a full-time risk manager and assigning tort coordinators at least on a part-time basis in each engineering district; and (3) developing risk management performance measures and incorporating them into the management performance evaluation review systems, particularly for the county maintenance managers and their assistants.

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c104685756?urlappend=%3Bseq=409
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7938948
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  P.O. Box 2055, Saugatuck Station
  Westport, CT  United States  06880-0055
• Authors:
  • Gittings, G L
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 385-405
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Guidelines; Liability; Recommendations; Risk management; State departments of transportation; Tort liability
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00485703
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 31 1989 12:00AM