Reef Fish wrote:

> Not that I had meant what I said to be read by a lawyer to have to
> phrase it exactly right, but I did say "the discussant ... seem to
> THINK IT'S PROPER ..."   I never said YOU personally weaseled
> out of it (you've NEVER signed such a Peter Hughes contract, for
> one thing), but most of the discussants in the related threads
> certain CONDONE those who ignored the terms of the signed contract
> and hence, to MY way of defining "weaseling" to cover that aspect
> of not honoring a signed contract (for whatever reason) an act
> of "weaseling".
>
AS Mike has already said, NO ONE here has CONDONED nor suggested 'IT's
PROPER..." to ignore the waiver, but it is a FACT and a REALITY of life
that it will be litigated. As have also been stated, it is even more
likely that the family members of the deceased most certainly will for
the reasons stated.

Ken