Having been in the tool rental/leasing business for 15 or so years, I can sympathise with old Frank. Sadly, there's a huge body of case law out there where rental houses have been held accountable under product liability statutes etc. even when they've done all they possibly can do to educate their customers. For a mon and popp rental outfit, the cost of product liability insurance is staggering.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 05:32 To: handyman-blind Subject: [BlindHandyMan] power drain cleaning story I have a friend that owns a tool rental shop. He has a power drainer that he will only rent the root cutting one to a licensed plumber. One guy came in and insisted upon renting that unit. He told Frank that he worked with a plumber for ten years and has used the machine in the past. Frank made him sign a paper stating that the shop is not responsable for any damage caused by the machine. The unit came with 25 feet of cable. Shortly after the guy came back for more cable for the machine. He was given another 50 feet. about an hour later he came back for more cable. After he had about 200 feet he brought the machine back. He told Frank that when he was out about 180 feet the neighbor called him asking what is that thing flying around in my yard. He actually cut through his drain line about 3 feet from where he fed in the cleaner. Frank drove past the guy's home the next day and there was a back hoe in the front yard. He will never again rent that machine to anyone but a licensed plumbing contractor that shows proof of insurance. --- Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and humorous with many resources for the blind. http://www.lennymchugh.com Lenny Please Copy and Paste into New Message to pass along. Use BCC line when addressing. Help stop identity theft. ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links
