Latest Salt and Highway Deicing discusses legal issues, risk management
When bad things happen, people sue. It's a fact of life in our litigious society. Snowfighters can minimize their exposure, of course, by delivering highway conditions that avoid even fender-benders and by using materials that never cause environmental insult. But in the war against winter, sometimes there are casualties. This issue of Salt and Highway Deicing focuses on how agencies can minimize their chances of ending up in court explaining their winter maintenance activities.