Yes- You should get insurance

Deb Salls

Executive Director

206-695-2607

bikeworks.org

Building sustainable communities by educating youth and promoting bicycling

From: Thethinktank [mailto:thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org] On Behalf Of Sylvie Baele
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:19 PM
To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Liability Issues

Hi yall!

I am working to revive Holy City Bike CoOp- a bike collective in Charleston, SC.

Recently we had a someone voice a concern about liability with repaired bikes. For instance, what if someone is given or purchases a bike that the collective has repaired and it breaks or malfunctions while they are riding it? Is the collective responsible? Do we need liability insurance?

Thanks for the help!

Sylvie Baele

Bicycle Advisor & Event Coordination

Trek Bicycle Store of Mt. Pleasant

B.A.

International Studies, Environmental Studies

College of Charleston, Spring 2015

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