Re: Oh, my. What a waste.

on 5/6/2008 11:42 AM JohnK said the following:
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/448jve
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>> Good grief! They should have offered them at crazy knock down prices if
>> people would agree to signing a waiver over future reliability.
>>
>> Chippie.
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>
> The Japanese manufacturer did the correct thing. While it does seem like

> such a waste, there
> was no way that that they could be certain (to their satisfaction) that
they 
> would be selling vehicles
> that did not have inherent defects, some undoubtedly life-threatening.
> They could easily argue that their own standards will not permit them to

> knowlingly sell such vehicles
> at any price.
> But the main reason is prob ably legal; the idea that a buyer may be
willing 
> to understake any risks by
> signing off on a waiver indemnifying Mazda from any damages or claims on
the 
> surface sounds reasonable,
> until you stop to consider that the wife or family members or any
dependents 
> of the
> injured (the one who signed the waiver) could easily bring action
against 
> them despite the signed waiver.
> This wasteful action is a result of our litigation-crazy lawyer infested

> society in which we live.

They should have filled the cars with lawyers before they crushed them.

-- 

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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