Problem
Harris discusses a proposed law that would grant engineers legal immunity from liability in cases where they specified the use of safety equipment, but that equipment was either not used or used improperly by others. Would this law be desirable from a risk-management perspective? In your answer, you should discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such a law for engineers, the public, and any other relevant parties. For example, is it possible that such a law would lead to undesirable outcomes, such as giving engineers an incentive specify the use of safety equipment out of a desire to avoid liability, rather than based on a need to mitigate a specified hazard? Are there other possible undesirable incentives that such a law might create? Could such a law simply transfer risk from one part to another?