Steve,
You have a good legal team. Even if the bar is solid, the installation
can be faulty, fail and you get dragged into the net for an expensive
defense, anyway. Sad, but true, the long arm of potential future
liability claims stifles innovation.
- Bob Mann, '68 2000 Solex, '70's Autopower roll bar
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> From: <stebharvey@ameritech.net>
> Subject: Roll Bar Blues
> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:10:36 -0600
>
> Hello list,
>
> Been out of town for several weeks but had my crack team of legal people
> looking at the liability issues surrounding the production and sales of
> my roll bar. Their report to me is that in order for me to properly
> protect myself from lawsuits now and in the future I would have to carry
> several million dollars in liability insurance for the rest of my life.
> Given the limited number of units that I would or could sell over the
> next few years it's just not worth it. Even if I built the unit and sold
> it as a "style bar" and put stickers and warning all over it I would
> still be responsible if the third or fourth owner of the style bar got
> hurt. I've built several models of the roll bar and will be installing
> them in my cars but can't sell them. Bummer!
>
>
> Steve Harvey
> Milwaukee
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