ALWAYS USE PROTECTION
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I've definitely learned my lesson.
In Feb. 2006 I finished a site for a rehab center. I was just starting my freelance career and was ignorantly afraid that if I presented a contract that needed to be signed, they would not want to do business. So I presented the contract without a request that it be signed and returned.
They gave me pictures of the facilities and an open house event. There happened to be a patient in one of the photos. The husband of the patient is an arbitrator and decided to sue the photographer, facility and web designer (me).
If I had asked for a signed copy, I wouldn't be in the situation I am in now. Luckily, I had a meeting with the client where he admitted to accepting the contract and my terms and conditions. In the contract it says I am not liable and that his insurance agency will pay all legal fees and costs from the case. PHEW! It was blind luck that my client is a stand-up guy. He could have turned it all around on me and negated his responsability.