Re: Lawyer sez

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Whether a suit is frivilous is one thing, but certain risks
and liabilities might extend to the Board and don't end
with the corporation. 

I guess we should figure out if we can afford to insure
against risks or can we not afford to have risks inthe
first place?

sh

--- Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com> wrote:
> I would like to know what insurance would cost?  I think
> it is worth 
> checking into.  Shoot if it is cheap I would pitch in
> personally, and not 
> use AGA money.  My concern of course is that it is not. 
> I can hope, after 
> all....we hold no meetings, the conventions are at hotels
> with insurance, 
> so overall we are pretty low risk.  I know the NEC
> carries insurance for 
> the clubs in the area, I wonder what that costs??
> 
> thanks,
> Kathy
> 
> 
> On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, David Lass wrote:
> 
> > Hi all -- 
> > Had a nice chat with one lawyer friend, and here is
> what he says.
> > We can/should put all kinds of disclaimers on the site
> if we "host" a forum or anything like that. There is
> standard wording for these, and we could grab one from
> some other site -- it is the stuff you click on to accept
> before you do lots of stuff on the web. He says that is
> what we can do -- but the reality of the world is that
> regardless of what we say, anyone who wants to sue us can
> sue us. Ain't America great? Yes! All the messiness we
> have seen already cannot be avoided.
> > What he suggested was that we get 1) general corporate
> insurance for the corporation and 2) Errors and Omissions
> policy for all directors and officers.
> > If you would like I can chat with my insurance agent
> about this, and get prices -- he is the one who writes
> the policies that insure AGA against me absconding with
> the auctrion receipts, and has been my agent and friend
> for many years.
> > Please let me know what you would like to do.
> > David 
> > 
> > Northeast Field Manager
> > NexPet -- A Group for Independent Pet Retailers
> > 781.581.1788
> > davidlass@villasunscape.com
> > 
> 
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