SUPPLEMENT TO LIABILITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SNOW AND ICE CONTROL

State highway departments and transportation agencies have a continuing need to keep abreast of operating practices and legal elements of specific problems in highway law. This report supplements and updates a paper in Volume 4 of "Selected Studies in Highway Law," entitled "Liability of State and Local Governments for Snow and Ice Control," pp. 1869-1888S5, which was prepared by J.C. Vance. The contents of this Digest update the information presented in the original paper on the following topics: Introduction; Duty of reasonable care as applying to fact situations; Duty of State to warn of or take remedial action with respect to known dangerous conditions; "Highway Defect" statutes; Construction of particular statutes affecting duty in respect to snow and ice control; Requirement of written notice; Liability of police department with respect to reporting snow and ice conditions; Immunity for snow removal on grounds of policy; Effect of State Tort Claims Acts on duty of snow and ice control; Miscellaneous; and Conclusion.

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• Publication Date: 1990-2

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Legal Research Digest
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway law; Liability; Local government; Snow and ice control; State government
• Old TRIS Terms: Tort claims acts
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; I10: Economics and Administration; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495659
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM