NOTE: THIS CLASS HAS BEEN POSTPONED. THOSE WHO HAVE REGISTERED WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL NOTICE AS TO THE RESCHEDULED DATE.

Tort Liability/Risk Management Workshop

October 15, 2009 - POSTPONED...NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON

Kent Polytech Adult Education Center
823 Walnut Shade Rd., Woodside, DE 19980

Session: 1 Day, 8:00 - 4:00

Who should attend this course?

This program is designed to assist state and local transportation agency personnel in identifying the causes and effects of potential liability on project sites and how to avoid these situations and their implications.  This is often referred to as “Risk Management.”

The focus of the workshop deals with understanding some of the major concepts and terms inherent to every liability situation and how it can impact the industry, the agency, and the individual employee.  These concepts will be demonstrated and applied to some very common examples familiar to every transportation worker.  Participants will have ample time for questions. 

Workshop topics will include topics such as what is tort liability, who can be liable, who pays for injuries or damage, the application of Sovereign Immunity in Delaware, government and personal liability and how to avoid it, and the Delaware Tort Claims Act.  We will emphasize a very practical approach to avoid legal responsibility and payment of damages.

Our instructor will be Mark McNulty, Esq., a practicing attorney in Dover and a retiree from DelDOT.  During his career at DelDOT, he served as a deputy attorney general, director of DART, and secretary of the Department.

Registration & Fees

Register for this course online

Registration includes all course materials, as well as continental breakfast and lunch. Thanks to the generous funding provided by FHWA and DelDOT, we are able to offer all T2 courses and workshops at greatly reduced registration fees.

•Delaware Public Service Agencies and FHWA employees: Free of Charge
(e.g. DelDot, Wilmapco, Dover-Kent MPO, DE River
& Bay Authority and the various municipalities)

•Public Agency employees not from Delaware or FHWA: $225

•All Others (private sector): $300

Directions to Kent Poly:
From New Castle County : DE 1 south to exit 97, connector to US 13. US 13 south exactly 7.2 miles to the Woodside light. Turn left, go 1/4 mile and turn left into the Kent Poly Tech campus. Park behind the building and enter the Adult Conference Center on the west side of the building.

From Dover : US 13 south to the Woodside light then as above.

Maximum Class Size: 100

Dress: Casual