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In a world that loves to point blame at public agencies, it’s no wonder that, anytime someone is hurt on public property, they accuse the agency of maintaining a dangerous condition. However, not every incident actually involves a dangerous condition. Sometimes - I know it’s hard to believe - the public just isn’t using reasonable care for their own safety.

Worse, predatory lawyers are going to argue that you have needlessly endangered their client.

But . . . that’s not the correct standard. So, in this episode we’re going to explore what is and isn’t an actual dangerous condition of public property. That way you’ll know what standards to apply and when we might be able to apply a Design Immunity defense. You’ll get an idea of what you might want to protect your agency against.

In this episode: 

• The standard of care for public property
• The definition of a “dangerous condition”
• When Design Immunity applies
• The jury instruction that the judge will use at trial

THE FINE PRINT
This podcast is for general information only and not intended to be legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer-client relationship. The views, information, and opinions expressed on our podcast are Scott’s and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of any other person, agency, organization or company. Finally, we know that a few dastardly plaintiff's lawyers will get their hands on this. So . . . let's be clear: Don't even think of using the information in this podcast to sue public agencies because this podcast is not intended nor shall it be construed to give any person any legal or equitable rights, remedies or claims.

Music: ”Dangerous" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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