| Re: Disaster - Engine seized. |
Subject: Re: Disaster - Engine seized. by bogus on 2012/6/6 2:24:56 ok... legal crap from what I remember... and this varies from state to state. It gets fuzzy... follow the stream and see where it takes us. For some reason, since my initial post, I don't think you have much of a legal leg to stand on... I will be curious what you lawyer says. You see, he is a business, so it is implied that anything sitting in his shop is there for business. Invoices not withstanding. If this happened at my house, it could be argued that I was somehow derelict in my duty to properly care for the car, but at the same time, if I was unaware that something of this nature could fail... you see how the argument goes. And that's how I see this going... 1. Did the clamps fail? 2. Did the hose fail? 3. Did someone monkey with the hoses? 4. Did you not tighten them? 5. Can either 3 or 4 be proven? 6. Was this component the reason the car was in the shop? #6 is will more than likely clinch the case in his favour... sure, it broke in his care, but it wasn't a part he was working on or had expectations of working on. It's like going to the dr with a broken arm, and dying from a blood clot in the leg. The cause and effect isn't always there. I would try to cut a deal... see if he bites... perhaps a set of bearings or a used block or something. |
