Criminals, Home Defense, and Lawsuits?

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TriggerFingers

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what really gets me is that criminals (or the families of) have the right to sue you if you shoot them in your own home......

yeah......when they are trying to break in and do damage or worse.....

there was a story a while back out here in california.....
where this asian guy was protecting his home/business with a shotgun......

some guys broke in late at night with guns bent on looting the place......

well when the store/homeowner heard this he went to check it out.....grabbed his gun to at least scare them......

well the bad guys saw him and starting shooting at him and he started to fire back.....he wounded 1 i believe, and killed another........

well the family of the dead man files a lawsuit for the death of thier son......

how can this be?
 
Judges who decide to hear these kinds of lawsuits need to be removed. Lawyers who take these kinds of lawsuits need to be disbarred.
 
what really gets me is that criminals (or the families of) have the right to sue you if you shoot them in your own home......
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Not in Oklahoma. The law specifically removes any liability that might attach to a good shoot in one's home.
 
Not sure what the civil law is in MT, but good luck finding a jury that would find in favor of the departed scumbags family .... :p

Not to mention that they better give the plaintiffs a running head start before they dismiss the jury ... :D
 
You know I've been hearing for years that criminals injured in the act of commiting their crimes have sued or their families have sued the criminal's victim and won.

For the life of me I cannot think of a single instance or remember reading a single newspaper article that actually validates the scenario.

It might be interesting if some of the lawyers onboard could post some actual cases where a criminal's family sued and won a wrongful death suit against a shooter who legally shot and killed in self defense some scumbag while in the shooter's home.

If this actually happens surely it is relegated only to those bastions of freedom like Kalifornia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Illinois.

Our country can't be that screwed up? Can it?
 
Our country can't be that screwed up? Can it?
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Well, improbable as it seems, yeah, we are that much screwed up in some places. Case in point . . . .

A couple of years back, in Akron, OH, Bad Guy [actually, a Bad Girl] breaks in to a home. Homeowner confronts said miscreant, and the BG takes a shot at homeowner. BG's weapon jams, homeowner returns fire, wounding BG.

BG files a $600,000 suit FROM JAIL.

I don't know what finally happened in this case, but I can think of several things that SHOULD have followed, starting with dis-barment of lawyer, removal of judge/court accepting this case, and lots of floggings at High Noon in Public Square.
 
One of the few good things about Minnesota is the inability of a criminal or criminal's family to file civil suit for damages if legally justified deadly force is used against him/her.
 
Yes, how can this be that you ask about a certain event or topic that is covered in the news and you can't do a better job of referencing it here on TFL so that the rest of us know exactly what you are talking about?

Just what California incident are you talking about?
 
Well, it must be happening in Wisconsin...

WELCH’S BILL TO STOP FELONS FROM SUING VICTIMS PASSES IN COMMITTEE

Under current law, felons can sue for injuries sustained while committing crimes

MADISON- A bill authored by State Senator Bob Welch (R-Redgranite) to prevent a person from recovering damages for a injury or death caused while committing a felony crime was passed by a committee in the State Senate.

This bill was introduced after being suggested by a constituent of Senator Welch’s, Mr. Joe Jones of Iola.

Senate Bill 38 (SB 38) was passed by a vote of 4-1 in the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy chaired by one of the bills co-authors, Senator Dave Zien (R-Wheaton).

Today we took the first step to stop felons who are injured while committing a crime from suing their victims for damages,” Welch said. “Criminals should not be able to turn around and sue their victims if they are injured while committing a crime.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen14/news/pr2003-021.htm
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And in New York...
Stop felons from collecting for crime-related injuries

A convicted felon who was injured while fleeing the scene of a crime successfully sued New York City for damages. To prevent such cases from arising in the future, NYCJR favors adoptions of a rule barring criminals from suing after they are hurt in the course of committing a felony.
http://www.nycjr.org/reforms.html
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