Re: [PSES] act of God versus safety

[Doug Powell]

Rich, While many standards do indeed refer to foreseeable events, misuse, etc. I'm not certain this would automatically confer Act of God status to an unforeseen event. This hypothetical event may be a case of degrees and not of two extremes, especially in the case of a formerly unforeseeable and now preventable situation. Isn't this how many standards are developed over the years?  I still remember shoe stores in the 1950s that offered real-time x-ray of how well shoes fit the customer's feet. An unforeseeable hazard at the time and now incredibly obvious. Would injury in the former time be an Act of God?  Best wishes, Doug From: ri...@ieee.org Sent: December 29, 2019 5:19 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Reply-to: ri...@ieee.org Subject: [PSES] act of God versus safety     The Florida state Supreme Court ruled in 1944 that an act of God is “an act or occurrence so extraordinary and unprecedented that human foresight could not foresee or guard against it.”   If a product that complies with a safety standard injures a person, is the injury an act of God?   Best wishes for the holiday season, Rich     - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <emc-p...@ieee.org> 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 <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <emc-p...@ieee.org> 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 <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com>