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Not the same story, but very similar cases in the UK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2074077.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2074077.stm http://www

• kitbrennan 14y ago
  In none of those examples the criminal 'successfully' sued the victim (ie. won), they merely brought a frivolous case before the court.
• stordoff 14y ago
  > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2074077.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2074077.stm The farmer who shot him was jailed for manslaughter of the other burglar, so this isn't totally outrageous IMO. The claim was later dropped anyway. > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223125/90-year-old-shot-face-burglary-SUED-burglar-World-War-Two-veteran-fired-back.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223125/90-year-old-... Not in the UK ("Filing his claim yesterday in California [...]"), and it seems that he didn't successfully sue (nothing reported, but I imagine it would get decent coverage if he won). Just a frivolous lawsuit by the looks of it. > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1356388/Villagers-outraged-police-order-protect-garden-sheds.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1356388/Villagers-ou... More than likely this is just the police being overly cautious. The duty of care owed to a trespasser is fairly narrow, and the fact that it is a burglar may limit this further (e.g. if the burglar are injured by glass they broke, rather than an inadvertent trespasser falling onto exposed broken glass).