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Submitted by: Willem Melching
Willem.Melching@let.uva.nl
People who want to sue other people for malpractice should not be in
history but in medicine. The currency in our profession is not dollars, DM
or Swiss Francs but ARGUMENTS. Critics who step over the line are either
ignored because of their silly arguments by the rest of the community or
should be responded to in a nice (old-fashioned?) polemic. Or should we
label all reviews, articles, and books with warnings like "Reading this
text might change your mind"? Or even more urgent: "Do not read this book
while operating machinery"?
Willem Melching
Historisch Seminarium
Spuistraat 134
1012 VB Amsterdam
tel: +.31.20.525.4472
fax: +.31.20.525.3693
e-mail: willem.melching@let.uva.nl
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Submitted by: Ed Tenner
tenner@clarity.princeton.edu
Kenneth Ledford recommends an umbrella liability rider for protection
against lawsuits. I looked into such a rider last year, but my insurer
(and I suspect the great majority of home insurers in most states)
excludes professional activities. Academic and government historians and
freelance writers and speakers would not be covered. (The policies, of
course, may be excellent value for other reasons.) If anyone on the list
has a professional policy that _does_ cover writers' liability, I hope
they will post the information.
Ed Tenner
Edward Tenner
tenner@clarity.princeton.edu
Department of Geosciences
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Tel. 609 716-0263
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