Listers,
I for one, as first a Road Atlanta corner worker and now as a driver, have
always felt that giving up your right to sue was not just something in a
waiver you signed, but a commitment you make to the sport.
People often say: "What's wrong with this country? Everyone is always suing
someone. It doesn't happen so much in other countries."
In most other countries if you sue and lose you pay for the other party's
defense.
Maybe it's just because I live in Alabama, the land of the jackpot jury, but
it seems to me that the system is the problem. Maybe after 200 years we
should find a way to fix it.
Pat Ryan
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-vintage-race@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-vintage-race@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Larry Dent
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 8:02 AM
To: Brian Evans
Cc: Susan; Mark Palmer; vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Liability Insurance
Keep in mind that just because someone sues someone else (or something
else) does not necessarly mean that there will be a judgement in their
favor, nor that there was, in fact, any liability on the part of the
party being sued.
That is just one reason that, if you will re-read my first comments on
the insurance question, all my statements were couched in comments such
as "usually, or normally, or in most cases".
That is simply because any one can sue anyone else for anything, real or
imagined. USUALLY, there has to be damages along with some sort of
neglegence to receive an award, BUT no one can predect what a jury will
do, and that is the big question mark more often than not.
Larry Dent
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