On Tue, 4 Feb 2020 10:27:41 -0800 (PST), Tom Kunich
wrote:
On Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 9:06:39 AM UTC-8, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/4/2020 10:54 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Monday, February 3, 2020 at 3:46:36 PM UTC-8, Joerg wrote:
Just received another four 700c tires from Summit Bicycles because I ran
out. The packing slip ends with:
Quote
"WARNING! Cycling can be dangerous! Bicycle products should be installed
and serviced by a professional mechanic. Never modify your bicycle or
accessories ..."
If I install the new tire myself and pump it to 100psi, might we hear a
muffled boom and see a mushroom cloud? And with all the mods on my MTB I
should be dead by now.
At least it didn't say not to eat the tires, or at least not without a
hot guacamole sauce :-)
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Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com/
It certainly seems ridiculous that people like Jay force these sorts of things onto the public. Jay, didn't you say that you work for a firm that handles personal injuries? At what point does common sense end and the ability to blame someone else begin?
I think there's more blame on plaintiff counsel than defense.
Besides that, the exact mechanism is more probably a
discount or threat of discontinuation from the insurance
carrier. Risk management has many aspects, a "Don't do that
- we told you so." statement being one, because the risk of
highest concern isn't the end user but rather the carrier.
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Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
One of the things I wonder about in this age of information: If I sue someone for real harm does it mean that MY insurance company might suppose that I'm liable to be more combative and increase MY rates?
I can't say for personal insurance but from a corporate view point our
insurance company(s) looked at money in/money out. If we had claimed
more than we had paid in premiums for two years in succession our
rates got raised. If we had paid more in premiums than we had claimed
we could argue, and did, that our rates should be lowered.
Note here, this was for several million dollars in coverage and our
premiums were in the thousands of dollars range so we were probably
considered a valuable customer by the insurance company(s).
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Cheers,
John B.