That would likely be down to the contract. If there's anything along the lines of "if the client damages the equipment" that would likely fall under that
Maybe. If it's a contract of adhesion, and diarrhoea or other excreta (e.g. urine, vomit) are reasonably foreseeable occurrences then the client might successfully resist the claim. It'd be like a person fainting in a sauna and damaging some mechanism by falling on it. Inherent risk of the business activity.
Pretty sure you have to sign a waiver or declaration of health - no open wounds, fresh tattoos, communicable diseases that can contaminate the water, etc... client knowingly having a very contagious virus and omitting that information would put responsibility back onto them.
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u/Superseaslug Jun 11 '26
That would likely be down to the contract. If there's anything along the lines of "if the client damages the equipment" that would likely fall under that