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There's a line that might open you up to being sued over it. Ridiculous as that would be, I wouldn't really be surprised if the right lawyer in the right court
by captncraig 8y ago
There's a line that might open you up to being sued over it. Ridiculous as that would be, I wouldn't really be surprised if the right lawyer in the right court could pull it off.
- elliekelly 8y agoThere's already the precedent from Katko v. Briney[1] that establishes a person can't use deadly force to defend property. Since courts prioritize the avoidance of bodily injury over property it's definitely not much of a leap for a lawyer to argue that a thief who suffered any bodily injury at all from a boobytrapped package has a case. Whether a prosecutor and/or a jury would be interested in that argument is another story. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katko_v._Briney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katko_v._Briney
- nkrisc 8y agoSure. It's all hypothetical, of course. Though, hypothetically, I might also thank them for intercepting a booby-trapped package that was meant for me.