Subject: liability
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 9/27/2005, 4:46 AM
To: AA-me


    My attys have told me you can't release liability
    for anyone else -- not even for a spouse, who can
    still file after someone's demise. It only means you
    won't sue.

    You can indemify, defend and hold harmless against
    third party claims -- provided you (or your estate)
    has the assets to fund such a defense and pay any
    resulting claims.

    Scott Gettings

    Does anybody have factual information on a case where some one
    successfully sued someone for an alleged defective experimental
    aircraft? I don't think such a case exist.


    Paul Lamar


I don't have Lexus/Nexus access, but there sure is a lot of legal activity
out there  if there were no suits:

Scott Gettings

See:
http://www.avweb.com/news/avlaw/181900-1.html#exclupatory

http://www.homebuilt.org/misc/purchase.html

http://www.rarmlaw.com/legalrisks.htm

http://www.aviationlawcorp.com/content/liabhomeblt.html#exposure

-- 
I asked myself the same question a couple of years ago.  I called the legal
department of EAA.  They told me that there had been a few suits brought
against experimental product manufacturers but none of them successful yet.
The responsibility is and so far stays on the builder.  But they also told
me they were watching this situation with an hawk's eye!

Francois Badoux


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