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		stonemetal on July 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What ever happened to Wordstar? Being in a hospital isn't duress. Threatening to put someone in the hospital is duress. He might have had a lack of capacity argument, that is he was so out of his mind that he was unable to sign a contract, but I am not sure if that applies either.

dredmorbius on July 19, 2016 [–]

Putting the high stress squeeze on someone with a life-threatening condition that's exacerbated by stress is in fact extreme duress and coercion.

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