Re: Liability...the thread that will not die..

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Original poster: "David Trimmell by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davidt-at-pond-dot-net>

Ah, yes. And don't forget about the CPSC (consumer product safety
commision), you have a defective or dangerous consumer item, and watch
out!

But HV equipment used in Tesla coils should be sold as "expiremental", to
only competant adults who sign a disclaimer, and don't score out of the
norm on a MMPI test (psych test)!;-)

David Trimmell

On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> 
> 
> Sure, lots of obviously dangerous things are sold, on E-bay, and otherwise.
>  Consider, though, the difference:
> 
> Roughly half the housholds in America have one or more guns (or, at least,
> there are half as many guns as there are households... I don't recall the
> basis of the statistic, but the net is, there's a lot)
> 
> Every household has sharp kitchen knives
> 
> A tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of the households has HV equipment of any kind,
> lethal or not.
> 
> 
> Point #1:
> 
> A "reasonable man" would be expected to know that knives, guns, ladders,
> lawnmowers, power saws, etc. are dangerous.  It's not so clear that an
> average "reasonable man" would have the same level of knowledge about a
> tesla coil.
> 
> Point #2:
> 
> The huge number of folks possessing kitchen knives and various and sundry
> firearms means that not only are most folks familiar with them, their
> hazards, and their use, but that the probability of them being outlawed or
> restricted excessively is quite low. This is definitely not the case for HV
> equipment.  No congressman or senator or assemblyman or city council
> member, etc. is going to worry about the re-election impact of banning
> tesla coils.  They would have to be insane to contemplate banning or
> restricting kitchen knives.
> 
> 
> 
> > forgive my nievety of the law, but do gun manufacturors get sued when
> > > someone is inadvertantly shot?
> 
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