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> One thing you can certainly do is look up the various publications by Nolo
> Press (www.nolo.com). They have excellent online and in-print legal
> resources, including a bunch of "one size fits all" legal
> documents for many
> common situations. There's quite likely to be one or more that fits your
> needs relatively closely; if not, suggest it to Nolo, since they might be
> able to open up a new market niche thereby. While I've heard very good
> things about Nolo, I would emphasize that they're not a substitute for a
> good lawyer if someone (you?) is actually going to be legally
> liable for the
> resulting mess (that's a legal term for "interesting times").
I used to work in the allied health care field, and professional liability
insurance was common. Sometimes the hospital would provide it, sometimes
people would buy it on their own, and sometimes people bought their own
because they didn't trust the hospital's plan to protect their interests
before the hospital's interests.
Does anyone, either captive employee or contractor, use some type of
professional liability insurance for their TW work? Anyone have any horror
stories? What is a TWs legal liability if they screw up the instructions and
somebody gets hurt, or a business loses revenue?
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