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Title: SUPPLEMENT TO LIABILITY OF THE STATE FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE OCCURRING IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT CAUSED BY TREES, SHRUBBERY, OR OTHER VEGETATIVE OBSTRUCTION LOCATED IN RIGHT-OF-WAY OR GROWING ON ADJACENT PRIVATE PROPERTY
Accession Number: 00636305
Record Type: Monograph
Abstract: 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, "Selected Studies in Highway Law," entitled "Liability of the State for Injury or Damage Occurring in Motor Vehicle Accident Caused by Trees, Shrubbery, or Other Vegetative Obstruction Located in Right-of-Way or Growing on Adjacent Private Property," pp. 1966-N89 to 1966-N122, which was prepared by J.C. Vance. The contents of this Digest update and supplement the information presented in the original paper on the following topics: Introduction; Trees Standing Within the Right-of-Way; Trees Located Outside the Right-of-Way; Fall of Trees Bordering the Traveled Way (Trees Located Within the Right-of-Way; Trees Located Outside the Right-of-Way Limits); Injury or Damage Caused by Striking Overhanging Tree Limbs; Duty to Cut or Remove Vegetation Obscuring Highway Visibility (Cases Affirming Existence of Duty; Cases Denying Existence of Duty); and Conclusion.
Supplemental Notes: Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Pagination: 12 p.
Publication Date: 1993-4
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I60: Maintenance; I80: Accident Studies
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Sep 10 1993 12:00AM
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