Very Off Topic
Originally posted by StarLord@Sep 22 2004, 07:26 PM
Paul,
If it is not too much trouble my friend, I need to ask a legal question to see if my understanding is correct.
If we / The Time Travel Forum here, allows someone to praise/expound upon/recommend a electrical unit that creates a strong electromagnetic field in hopes of transporting the operator to alternate timelines (snort). My limited understanding of strong electromagnetic fields and a persons potential hazard to their health and proper brain functioning, leads me to believe that there could be a very large open can of worms. Even more so, due to the fact that this unit has NOT been tested by a professional laboratory (UAL) nor has it been screened by the medical industry.
If a person or persons were to be injured by the aforementioned unit that they saw being talked about here and they contacted the folks that sold that unit based upon information here, would this forum and it's owner be liable in any way?
Thank you Sir, for your professional opinion and consideration in advance.
In re: Hydroelectricouniversalist Crucible Kit
If you were given to believe that the thing was safe from what you read here, and would not otherwise have used it, and it was in fact unsafe, and whoever recommended it here knew or should have known it was unsafe, and in the absence of any other warnings or notice, you might be able to make out a case for having been hoodwinked into using it.
The theory is that the board member was acting as an agent of the seller of the "unit," and making knowingly false claims about it which you relied on. But the defense to the claim is that no promises or guarantees were given by the manufacturer.
Also, you cannot be harmed by vibes, or at least cannot recover in court for them. On the other hand, if the injury is caused by something which they were legally obligated to warn you about, the lack of a warning may make them liable.
The forum itself would not be liable in any event, since it makes no promises about the efficacy of any device or theory aired here; on the contrary, its manifest purpose is to examine the hypothetical nature of all claims, which means that it officially doubts them from the outset.
Please remit $14,237.42 for the portion of an hour expended to answer.
Yrs Truly
PJL