As I'm not a lawyer, the advisability of my comments is always marginal. But. Some people have been known to achieve peace of mind by resorting to:
. ISOLATION, where your assets are so remote and isolated that you are not worth suing. Are twelve levels of off-shore holding companies sufficient? . CHARISMA, where you convince people you are either far too nice a guy to sue, or the mirror, where you establish that you are a truly hyperbolic psychopath. Either way requires exceptional people skills. . MAD (mutual assured destruction), where you make it clear that you will bankrupt yourself, and anyone who dares to sue you, in a protracted legal battle prosecuted as a personal vendetta of such epic proportions that it will influence case law for the next century. Maybe the most instructive thing to do would be to see what kind of professional insurance lawyers carry? Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA From: Kunde, Brian [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 7:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Test facility insurance I don't know about such things but recently our company was asked to sign an agreement with a local NRTL office that we work with. The agreement is a long list of items the NRTL would not be responsible for from damaging a million dollar prototype device or causing a virus getting loose on your corporate network and everything in between. The nature of the type of work we do demands that your company and employees are protected from litigation for a long list of things that could happen. Also, we have customers on location during testing and you never know what they might do. If I had my own company I would seek advice from a good corporate lawyer and insurance company to get what you need and not what you don't need. The Other Brian From: Ken MacGrath [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] Test facility insurance Hello Group, I'm the owner of an EMC/Product Safety/Reliability/Environmental test facility in New Hampshire and would greatly appreciate your input on insurance. What would you suggest for coverage, and should test engineers have professional liability insurance? Thank you! Ken MacGrath Core Compliance Testing Services, LLC 79 River Road (Route 3A) Hudson, NH 03051 603.889.5545 www.corecompliancetesting.com - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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