In a message dated 11/20/2008 6:50:57 P.M. Central Standard Time,=20 hjjohnson@sasktel.net writes:

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Robert I've often pondered this. What if you sold the aircraft=20= as=20 'un-airworthy'

w/ the cavate that the buyer would have to do a complete inspec= tion=20 to deem it airworthy again..

If they certify it as airworthy, wouldn't that remove the=20 responsibility from the seller to the buyer?

Curious...

Jarrett Johnson [ I know very little about "lawyering"...= .=20 ]

> A well known Lancair pilot and lawyer once told me that when suing= =20
> overan issue "You leave no empty chairs" . So if you produc= ed=20 the
> kit, any
> component on the aircraft, performed any=20 construction or maintenance,
> fueled the aircraft, fed the pilot,=20 housed him the night before, etc.
> etc. etc. then you should expec= t to=20 be included in any lawsuit.
>
> Nevertheless I recentl= y=20 accepted the risk and sold my GlaStar to a
> luckyguy in=20 Australia. The good thing is that the wings were
> removed fo= r=20
> crating, putting the disassembly guy and the reassembly guy
&= gt;=20 between me
> and the flying aircraft. Would that keep my name= out=20 of a
> lawsuit? Not
> a chance, but it would make the=20 plaintiff's case a bit tougher. Tough
> cases tend to get dro= pped=20 or settled for little, just enough to
> pay the
> plaintiff'= s=20 lawyer fees!
>
> Robert M. Simon
> ES-P N301ES=20
>
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>
> From:= =20 vtailjeff@aol.com [vtailjeff@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 20= ,=20 2008 12:41 AM
> To: lml@lancaironline.net
> Subject: Re: [LM= L]=20 Any liability lawsuits?
>
>
> Yes, several that I kno= w=20 of.....you can be sued if you built it,
> maintained, overhauled it= ,=20 designed it. Yes, you can even be sued
> if you
> part it ou= t.=20 Wan't to minimize being sued? Jeff
>
>
> Question, ha= s=20 anyone to your knowledge actually been involved in
> a lawsuit of t= his=20 nature?
> ----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Smiley=20 rsmiley2@centurytel.net
>
>
> I am aware that when we= =20 build our own experimental aircraft, we become
> the=20 manufacturer. This subjects us to a product liability
> expos= ure=20 for
> fifteen years after the first date of sale. Question, h= as=20 anyone to
> your knowledge actually been involved in a lawsuit of t= his=20 nature?
>
>

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