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> On Wed, 19 Apr 1995, Rich Stinchcomb wrote: > > > There has been a recent activity in our dive club that > > concerns me. I would like to get some opinions on this. > > Joe Diver has engineered and built a block for > > decompression gas management with a full face mask. He > > now builds and sells this item to anyone who wants it. > > He has no liability insurance and protects himself with > > a one page waiver. Is it me or is something wrong here? > > How popular is this practice? > > > > Rich Stinchcomb > > A lot of innovations start this way. The responsibility and liability > should be with the buyer, so maybe we would'nt have to spend so much > money buying simple products. The only sport that benefits from liability > insurance are the attorneys. I second this. As Rich P(retty fishes ;-)yle said "Let the buyer beware". My first concern would be the guy selling them, that his waiver would not hold up. Again let the buyer beware, but let the buyer buy, and let the lawyers starve (and switch professions) until only enough are left to handle the deserving cases. Mike -- Mike Zimmerman [\] I'd rather be diving [\] zimmmt@au*.al*.co* Alcatel Network Sytems, Raleigh, NC Minds are like parachutes.... My opinions, not Alcatel's they only function when open.
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