by RodVT » 5 Jun 2007 15:31
I have some release forms somewhere that came with a Z-Tool kit. I have never asked anyone to sign one and don't really think they are worth the paper they are printed on (legally anyway). I know some people do use them, but I would prefer to walk away from a job then perform some kind of "backyard appendectomy" that I have no idea if it will work (and therefore need a release). Plus, if I were a customer and someone asked me to sign a piece of paper that says, "no matter what this supposed professional does he isn't responsible for the quality of his work", I'd tell him to go packing unless I was under duress, and then it wouldn't be a legal authorization anyway. Maybe if you told the client over the phone before you head out it would be a resonable part of the "contract", but once you have arrived I think it's too late to add restrictions, unless you are willing to walk away unpaid and the client isn't put out (literally) by your inaction.
Rod West
Blackfork Emergency Services
