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Permalink Reply by Moe on May 25, 2011 at 1:19pm

I'm not a lawyer but I believe, in Canada anyway and, probably, the States, you cannot sign away your rights. That is sort of the bottom line. If you sign something or buy a ticket that says "the purchaser hereby agrees to not hold the service provider liable for damages etc etc....." and later, through negligence of the other party, there is damage to your property or physical self, you are under no legal obligation to honour that clause. 

I can't see any difference here. If you think your doctor sucks, then you have every right to find another one and in the meantime, tell people exactly why, in your opinion, that doctor wasn't worth the match needed to burn his diploma and the cracker jacks box it came in. That's what free speech is all about. Just don't advocate kidnapping the good doctor or firebombing his office cause that's over the line. 

At the various day cares and schools my girls have attended, every field trip was preceeded with a permission slip parents had to sign. In it was the stupid clause, as I came to call it, saying the teacher, school and school board were not responsible for any injuries that may occur during the activity. Well, I'd sign it but always pointed out that of course they are responsible and if my daughter was hurt because one of the supervising teachers was off in the bushes having a toot or there was an exposed nail in the playroom...I'd get a lawyer pretty darn quick who will gladly take on the case for compensation. 

Some doctors and dentists are just too sensitive and used to being in total control. I would question wether I want to be treated by a medical professional who is so insecure about his abilities that he/she can't handle a little criticism from the great unwashed he/she must lay hands upon daily--admittedly some trolls live to flame but those comments tend to be weeded out pretty quickly by anyone going over such review websites.

 

My 2.5 cents worth.  

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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on May 25, 2011 at 1:53pm

I don't understand the legality of the paper, but it certainly sounds like BS.  I'll have to be more carefull about what I sign from now on.  I've been in the habit of just signing those HIPPA privacy agreements without reading them. Just how would you assign copywrite rights to the st***d

dentist anyway?

Timothy Lee did us all a service by questioning the clause and pointing out how pointless it is for all of us.  I hope  he found a new dentist more confident in his abilities.

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Permalink Reply by Chris H on May 25, 2011 at 7:27pm

So if you get one of these forms Whats to keep you from putting something other than your name in the signature box? What if you put the doctors name ( Their mostly illegible anyhow) Than their is nuthing to stand on ...?! ??

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Permalink Reply by Banyon on May 26, 2011 at 12:31pm

Reply by Moe 23 hours ago

At the various day cares and schools my girls have attended, every field trip was preceeded with a permission slip parents had to sign. In it was the stupid clause, as I came to call it, saying the teacher, school and school board were not responsible for any injuries that may occur during the activity. Well, I'd sign it but always pointed out that of course they are responsible and if my daughter was hurt because one of the supervising teachers was off in the bushes having a toot or there was an exposed nail in the playroom...I'd get a lawyer pretty darn quick who will gladly take on the case for compensation.

 

OMG! Another suer. :(

 

 

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Permalink Reply by John Krainik on May 28, 2011 at 6:14pm

It never fails to amaze me of some of the things that I am asked to sign.  As a patient, on a regular basis, I cross out the things that I don't agree with.  I don't say anything and no one has ever challenged me.  I do read all the paperwork every time because things do change.  I fully expect that one day, spomeone will challenge me and I may need to reschedule and/or find a new provider.  If that is the case, I probably should not be seeing that provider.

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