OHIO DOT IMMUNE FROM LIABILITY FOR DEATH AT INTERSECTION

The Supreme Court of Ohio recently reversed an Appeals Court decision and found that the Ohio Department of Transportation was immune from tort liability in regard to the type of traffic control signal it installed at an intersection. In addition, the Supreme Court also found that once the ODOT had made its discretionary decision, it had a reasonable amount of time to implement that decision without incurring tort liability. Details of the case are presented in this article. (Garland v. Ohio Dept. of Transp. (1990) 48 Ohio St. 3d 10)

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  TranSafety, Incorporated

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  Burke, VA  United States  22015
• Publication Date: 1990-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1-2
• Serial:
  • TRANSAFETY REPORTER
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: TranSafety, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0884-612X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; Intersections; Liability; Sovereign immunity; State departments of transportation; Tort liability; Traffic control devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; I10: Economics and Administration; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491893
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM