On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Chance Whaley wrote:
Software programmers arent sued when monitoring machines in hospitals fail.
Individual programmers might not be sued, but companies have been sued, successfully. In the late 1980s there was a string of radiation machine failures due to software bugs which ended up killing patients. IIRC when the families of the victims sued, the software company chose to settle out of court rather than go to trial.
Look up the work indemnity. There is a reason why it is in most boilerplate. In the mean time, I would suggest that people who have no concept of the legal system refrain from comment about any of this. The concept of this entire thread is nothing more than mental masturbation.
The facts prove you wrong. -Dan -- [-] Omae no subete no kichi wa ore no mono da. [-]