strange requests

[Joseph Alkana]

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To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: strange requests


> Larry:
> Perhaps a few questions first. What is your relationship to the owner of
the
> store? Did he request this appraisal from you? Did he pay you for your
> appraisal? If he paid for the appraisal, then your opinion is owned by
him>
> Now if there was no payment involved, and the opinion was verbal,
> conversational and uncontracted, the question really resolves down to who
you
> represent> Paul Revenko-Jones


Folks,
Although it is not raised often, a case for some type of estopple could be
raised. That's where a party relies upon the advice of an expert in some
field and suffers a lose subsequently due to some ineptness on the part of
the expert...piano technician in this case. That's why Dr's, lawyers, etc.,
must be careful when giving casual advice even when they're not compensated.
So basically an expert can be held liable for his advice within the realm of
his field. If a Dr. says that the land you want to buy looks like a great
buy and nothing could go wrong then turns out to be a swamp half the year,
well he's not liable for his opinion. Another great reason to charge for any
service you perform at any time. Helps pay for liability insurance premiums
and the lawyer you'll have to hire. :-)

Joseph Alkana