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Jan 1980
Legal and Insurance Trends in Engineering
Publication: Issues in Engineering: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 106, Issue 1
Abstract
This paper describes the attitudes of society today on the use of litigation to collect financial compensation for alleged damages in product liability and professional liability situations. Methods which engineering managers are using to combat the attitudes, including insurance, loss prevention programs, conflict resolution, arbitration, mediation-arbitration, peer review and tort reform, are considered.
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Issues in Engineering: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 106 • Issue 1 • January 1980
Pages: 3 - 10
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© 1980 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1980
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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Gardner M. Reynolds, F.ASCE
Sr. Part./Chm. of Executive Committee, Dames & Moore, Los Angeles, Calif.
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