Ed Anderson wrote:

    

Me thinks this is much ado about little for the individual Mazda Engine
converter.  On what grounds could Mazda possibly sue  you?  You have
      

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no document that precludes you from using the engine you got out of the
"Junk Yard" in any way you want.
      

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There! my 0.02 and now off the soap box and on to flying more rotary
engines.

FWIW

Ed Anderson

      

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Ed, I don't think we have to worry about Mazda sueing us, we have to
worry about what Mazda may do if it is ever sued by someone's heirs
after a fatal aircraft accident. I find it almost unbelievable that
Mazda could ever be found responsible, but court verdicts in this
country rarely make any sense. Monetary rewards are way out of line, etc.

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Perry Mick


    

No argument with you over that point, Perry.  No question that the tort
legal system in this country has simply become another way for some lawyers
to enrich themselves.

Ed Anderson

  

Remember John Denver. Anyone who knows anything about that accident would tell you it was pilot error. The plane had been flying for 10 years. His estate sued the maker of the fuel selector valve, and the company settled out of court. Ridiculous. The valve probably wasn't even faulty, just located in a bad spot. That was not the fault of the valve manufacturer, but the airplane manufacturer. But the airplane manufacturer didn't have deep enough pockets. It was Mr. Denver's fault he didn't put some gas in the plane before takeoff. If the manufacturer of a small fuel valve can be sued over something that wasn't their fault, I can understand why Mazda would be nervous. Who started all this crap, Ralph Nader?

http://www.nader.org/

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Perry Mick