Texas DOT Can't Be Sued Over Slippery Roads In Fatal Crash

By Jonathan Capriel ( October 17, 2024, 9:05 PM EDT) -- The family of a deceased truck driver cannot sue the Texas Department of Transportation for allegedly creating the "slick roads" that caused the driver to fatally crash, a state appeals court ruled, saying there is no way of knowing if the deicer the agency sprayed onto the roadway actually made the surface slippery....

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