Jackie: The examples you gave of shakedown suits as at http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2004/02/02/editorial3.html seem to be a particular problem in California, not a widespread situation, thankfully. Reading these examples, I wondered why the small businesses threatened with frivolous actions, or their insurers, don't just get some spine and stare down the threat. Hopefully this situation is not directly related to any kayak manufacturer or retailer in California. Have you heard of anyone involved in the commercial side of canoes/kayaks facing a "shakedown" suit? Are shakedown suits possible anywhere else in the US? I won't guess any further as to the law outside my jurisdiction, but I remain confident that the hypothetical situation suggested by John would not get a plaintiff anywhere in Australia. Doug: "Deep brace: - - What we all do while holding onto the left and right chair arms when clicking on a post that contains the signature of a certain litigious non-syncretistic individual from down-under. :-)" I'm sure you can find the delete button pretty quickly these days! I don't know about non-syncretistic (so I had to look it up). Let's syncretise against the common enemy of nonsense and unchallenged received wisdom. Cheers, PT *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 03 2004 - 17:02:29 PDT
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