There was a successful lawsuit against ASME years ago over conflict of interest , and this lawsuit affected how standards creation bodies have operated ever since (Google Hydrolevel vs. ASME---I think this is the case).
Beyond that, I'm hoping the courts would recognize that a successful lawsuit such as you describe would severely damage voluntary standards creation and thus be not in the best interest of the public. I would think that the lawyers for the affected standards creation bodies would be well situated to respond to the customer's concerns and threatened suit. Mike Sherman Product Safety and Compliance Engineer Graco Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Oconnell" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 12:45:43 PM Subject: [PSES] standards update and legal madness None of this is a representation of my employer. A company makes a component for North American market designed for the needs of a single customer. The company received notices from CSA and UL with tabulation of standards corrections. The company informed affected customer of time and cost to update. The company then receives letter from the customer's legal dweebs - they want to see complete list of organizations and individuals that "contributed to the errors" that caused a mandatory update to the standard. The company's customer is considering pursuing a tort for lost opportunity and professional incompetence. Has this ever been done? Has a member of a TC/WG ever been served with a subpoena for this stuff? Is this stupid or just insane? - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
