Defense and settlement of claims for skidding accidents. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1974.

In determining whether the design engineer may be liable to claims of third parties, that is, the travelling public, 5 questions are to be evaluated. These questions are listed and discussed. Should a claim be made against a design engineer as the result of a skidding accident, drawings, records, and files are the most important defense tools.