Course Description:

In today’s lawsuit-prone society, tort liability claims against state and local governments are on the rise. An adverse judgment can be devastating to a county, city, or township. To satisfy an adverse judgment, the community often must reduce the level of service or increase taxes. Responsibility for reducing risk must be assumed at all levels within street and road departments. This workshop will provide crew members and supervisors with a basic understanding of tort liability and risk management. This course has been designed for Kansas County, city, and township crews and supervisors who have transportation-related responsibilities. Elected officials, city and county attorneys, managers, engineers, and road supervisors will also find this information helpful.

A required Roads Scholar Level I course.

Course Objectives:

• Basics of Kansas Tort Claim Law
• Liability of government entities
• Understand the theory of negligence
• Immunities under Kansas Tort. Claims Law
• How to minimize claims
• How claims are handled

Instructor: Nelda Buckley

Course Schedule: 

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.: Registration

8:30 a.m.: Avoiding liability on your roads and streets

9:30 a.m.: The role of your insurance company

10:30 a.m.: Break

10:45 a.m.: Risk and Liability issues and the application of the Kansas Tort Claims Act

12:15 - 12:30 p.m.: Questions and Concluding Remarks

Schedule an on-demand class by contacting kutc_training@ku.edu