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Subject:Re: Legal liability for techwr-l posts? From:P Newman <pnewman1 -at- HOME -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 6 Aug 1999 04:40:05 -0400
Don't rely on that. Laws vary from State to State to Province. Also,
courts may interpret it differently. If I give advice, knowing it will
be relied upon, some courts have held that have liability if I give
negligently bad advice. This is not legal advice.
Peter
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From: Eric L. Dunn <edunn -at- TRANSPORT -dot- BOMBARDIER -dot- COM>
To: <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: Legal liability for techwr-l posts?
> We would be paying for membership in a club. If I pay 500 a year to
be in a golf
> club, I can't sue anyone for advise they gave me.
> We'd pay to get in the door. Not one penny of what we would pay
would go to
> anybody for their advise.
>
> Eric L. Dunn
>
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