Re: Boobytraps and the American Legal System

At 12:48 7/23/96, Timothy C. May wrote:

>(Later examples were to be even worse. For example, the burglar who climbed
>on a roof and stepped through a skylight. He sued, and won. I guess the
>owner of the property was obligated to install night lights so burglars
>could see their way, and to generally make his property more
>"burglar-friendly." Or the woman who sued a hospital, claiming her psychic
>abilities were lost after a CAT scan. She won.)

And then there was the burglar who cut his hands on razor wire while
attempting to scale a fence. He too recovered damages from the property
owner. Some people say that the lesson to be learned form such harsh legal
realities is to kill burglars on sight. After all, dead people don't sue...



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Lucky Green wrote:

 > Some people say that the lesson to be learned form such harsh 
 > legal realities is to kill burglars on sight. After all, dead 
 > people don't sue...

I remember some bus drivers in Mexico getting in trouble a number 
of years ago for their unwritten policy of running the bus back
over anyone they accidently hit.  

Similar legal reasoning was, I believe, involved in this case
as well.

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