OK my take on these, for what it is worth. > And I agree they were trying to embarrass him.
hooray for common ground :) > So saying because he was traumatized by that he can sue. Can the soliders > who sign up for military service and see someone get blown to bits can they > sue for emotional distress? They are adults and they signed up to be soldiers. And as Tim points out, there is probably care available for them if in fact they are traumatized. So no. That is different. What about when my daughter saw someone get > murdered if she was emotionally disturbed should she be able to sue the > murderer?? > Hopefully the murderer is in jail so there is little you can take from him anymore. But if not, I believe this is allowable. There is a movement where rape victims have been bringing civil suits against their rapists. He said -she said may not be good enough for a criminal case where the case must be proved beyond a shadow of a doubt, but sometimes prevails where the standard is a preponderance of the evidence. So it may be an option where you have an affluent criminal.... so my answer to this one is *maybe*... though the family of the murderer would have a better case based on wrongful death. Look at OJ Simpson; there's a case where this applies. > If i saw someone having sex in an alley and it disturbed me? I think if you are upset by seeing people have sex then you probably have problems yourself. There may be a basis in law for this, I dunno, but I think it would get laughed out of court. > I mean of course they can sue but i hope people are not rewarded for being > dumbasses. SO who is the dumbass in this sentence the guy suing for seeing sex in an alley or Ghyslain? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Haggerty, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:37 PM > Subject: RE: Fat Brat sues > > > > Bill, I got to disagree with you on this one. I think the actions of > > those kids was intended to publicly humiliate this kid and that they had > > no right to put that up without his permission. If the kid is > > traumatized as a result, he should have the right to sue. This should be > > regardless of the fact they made money off the action, the question is > > whether or not they hurt this person in some meaningful way. My take on > > it is, yes, they did. > > > > M > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:30 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Fat Brat sues > > > > > > Sure file a criminal complaint. > > > > And if they MADE money off it sue, or sue to get it removed but this > > emotional distress crap has gotten way out of hand. People can't deal > > with life so they have to get money to get comfort. The problem is even > > spreading to canada now :) Oh boy that can be the american legacy a > > bunch of whiney people who gotta sue for everything. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
