- The customer could also view the situation as the standards body performing due diligence, and making corrections to the standard when they discover issues. Performing standards maintenance helps protect the customer in case of user lawsuits. - I wonder if there's an 'errors and omissions' clause somewhere in the standard or certification paperwork? Maybe the standards body already has insurance to cover issues like this. - Could a certification body choose to withdraw their certification (now or later) based on the hassle of a lawsuit? "Go somewhere else to get approval."
Pat On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Brian Oconnell <oconne...@tamuracorp.com>wrote: > None of this is a representation of my employer. > > A company makes a component for North American market designed for the > needs of a single customer. The company received notices from CSA and UL > with tabulation of standards corrections. The company informed affected > customer of time and cost to update. > > The company then receives letter from the customer's legal dweebs - they > want to see complete list of organizations and individuals that > "contributed to the errors" that caused a mandatory update to the standard. > > The company's customer is considering pursuing a tort for lost opportunity > and professional incompetence. Has this ever been done? Has a member of a > TC/WG ever been served with a subpoena for this stuff? Is this stupid or > just insane? > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to < > emc-p...@ieee.org> > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html > > Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at > http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in > well-used formats), large files, etc. > > Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ > Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to > unsubscribe) > List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> > Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> > David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com> > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
