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| Other authors / contributors: | Chisholm Smith, Gwen.
McDaniel, James B.
National Cooperative Highway Research Program, sponsoring body.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, issuing body.
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| Notes: | Cover title.
"December 2016."
"This report was prepared under NCHRP Project 22-04, "Legal Problems Arising out of Highway Programs," for which the Transportation Research Board is the agency coordinating the research. The report was prepared under Topic 22-04 bu Terri Parker, Nixa, Missouri. James B. McDaniel, TRB Counsel for Legal Research Projects, was the principal investigator and content editor."
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary: | TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Legal Research Digest 72: Summary of Federal Law Restricting Use of Highway Safety Data in Tort Litigation explores the origins and provisions of 23 U.S.C. § 409, Discovery and Admission as Evidence of Certain Reports and Surveys, which prohibits the use, in tort litigation, of highway safety data created for purposes related to safety improvements on roads qualifying for federal safety improvement funding. The digest explores the amendments to the law, development of caselaw interpreting and applying the law, a 2003 Supreme Court decision, and current interpretation and application issues.
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