Bad weather? Then sue the weatherman! Part I: Legal liability for public sector forecasts

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Klein, Roberta ^a   Pielke Jr , Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLOODS; HURRICANES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

FINANCIAL LOSSES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036990953     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/bams-83-12-1791     Document Type: Review

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2. Klein, R., and R. A. Pielke, Jr., 2002: "Bad weather? Then sue the weatherman!" A review of legal liability for casts. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 1801-1807.
3. Loper, R. B., 1988: Red sky in the morning, forecasters take warning: The liability of meteorologists for negligent weather forecasts. Texas Law Rev., 66, 683-713.