Re: liability and CNC

Dan,
Well how about that.... what do you think CNC mill manufacturers do ?
I don't now.
But I do know if I were an insurance company standing behind the people that made my mill
I would not sleep easy... check the wiring of my Motor speed control. ( cnc page at my web site
http://home.swbell.net/hans_w/cnc.htm )

There is a general attitude that permeates these liability issues these days, and that seems to be to be, the originator of a
product has to be able to foresee every situation where there could be danger, and either warn about it, or design against it.
That's not possible. Yet at the same time I'm not advocating a license to build shoddy and dangerous products. UL does a fair
bit of testing, but......much to be improved and desired there!.

If I'm using a mill, I also have some self responsibility, if I'm stupid enough to not wear safety glasses then I can't expect
to sue anyone...

Yet that famous case where the lady spilled hot coffee in here lap, seem to prove otherwise... Coffee is hot, it will hurt .

This country is litigation crazy, and as long as the lawyers keeping feeding the politicians with money, I expect things will
never change.

Make the looser pay. That's what happens in England and many other countries. No; there is not denial of justice for the poor,
England has a very good
legal aid scheme and anyone wanting to fight someone that is backed by legal aid had better not think they are in for a easy
case...

I love this country, but the legal system is screwed up plain and simple. (Bill this is not politics it's on the subject ! )

Let face it with 12 death row cases over turned recently in Illinois (I think) it has to be a sign of something wrong
somewhere.... career prosecutors sometimes have a view to becoming politicians.... It's OW's 1984 ! yet most people don't even
realize it.

Hans Wedemeyer


Dan Falck wrote:

> From: Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
>
> All this talk about commercial versions of CNC software made me think about
> this: how do you guys, selling retrofits, deal with liability insurance?
> I think that there are probably some people who work for big shops lurking
> here, but what about some of you who have your own small business.
>
> On the software side: how do the guys writing CNC control software deal
> with it? Not Haas or Seimens, just guys like Yeager, Ah-ha, Hoyt? Has
> anyone even thought about this?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
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