We were taught in law school to use a shotgun, instead of a rifle, approach in bringing parties within the scope of litigation. Even if you do part it out, you are still a culpable party for those parts you made, assembled or somehow got your hands on. Most buyers and sellers drum up some kind of waiver at the point of sale. Practicing lawyers love these during litigation as you cannot waive negligence. Negligence is the realm in which your fight will most likely take place. Long story short, you will maintain a certain amount of liability exposure, waiver, parting out or selling as whole.
Example: You came up with a new and improved bellcrank system by using a pressed bearing. The airplane crashes with witnesses reporting the plane pitched up sharply and then nosed into the ground. "Mr. Airplane Builder, would you please relay to the court your aeronautical knowledge concerning this bearing you stuck, excuse me poor choice of words, you installed in this bellcrank and the testing you performed to verify it's structural integrety in this application" "You didn't do any testing?" "If this bearing had failed, would it cause the elevator to perform at less than 100 percent efficeincy?" "You did say, It Would, is that right?" "Could this cause the airplane to pitch up?" Hum.......since you don't have the money to hire expensive crash analysis experts like the big boys, you just hung out to dry. Now, carry to wing attach fittings, cables, hinges, electrical, pitot static.......the list goes on. You simply will not be able to take yourself out from under the umbrella of exposure. Dana Overall Richmond, KY RV-7 slider/fuselage http://rvflying.tripod.com do not archive _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
