What you often see is "Someone could sue you for X, so you better not do it." This is technically true, but what they should say is "Someone could sue you for

What you often see is "Someone could sue you for X, so you better not do it." This is technically true, but what they should say is "Someone could sue you for X, but they would lose". In the US you can sue anybody you want for anything under the sun. Saying "someone could sue you for that" is always true. There is a huge gulf between bringing a lawsuit and actually winning said lawsuit. You also see disingenuous case citations to try to support an otherwise unsupportable point. "20 years ago a trespasser successfully sued the homeowner for injuries sustained on the property." Not mentioned in that previous blurb: "The trespasser was injured when the homeowner shot him with a shotgun without warning."