Another crazy lawsuit

[Heelfan71]

Man holds up an autozone with a gun, now is suing after employess beat him with a metal pipe.

http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0612/auto_shop_ap.html

[elicoleman]

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Are you ****ing kidding me? What a joke.

Would've been best off if those two employees had just beaten him until he was dead.

[Acid]

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Wow, that is incredibly stupid.

[Heelfan71]

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He's suing for "emotion distress" According to his lawyer the employees crossed the line when they chased him out of the store.

[Lintyfresh85]

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he'll somehow win and I'll end up hating our legal system even more...


But otherwise this is freaking funny.

[Skerik]

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Our tax dollars at work, ladies and gentlemen!

I hope the metal pipe is introduced as evidence, the judge picks it up, and proceeds to beat the prosecuting attorney about the head and shoulders with it.

[RubenDouglas]

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can they countersue for their own emotional distress.. like LIFE THREATENING distress.

he's just embarassed and distressed because of it. that shouldnt count

[MassNole]

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Buckman claims the men chased him out of the store and continued to beat him. He is suing the auto shop and the men for the injuries he suffered and for emotional distress

This is the problem, if it is true. The Autozone employees had the right to defend their business. As soon as they got the gun away from him, the beating should've stopped, if what Buckman says is true (which is very doubtful given his record) then he should be entitled to something after the Autozone employees crossed the line.

[MassNole]

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can they countersue for their own emotional distress.. like LIFE THREATENING distress.

he's just embarassed and distressed because of it. that shouldnt count

In theory they could, but Buckman is in all liklihood judgment proof so it wouldn't be worth the time and I doubt any lawyer would touch their case.

[RubenDouglas]

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he didnt have his gun when he left, right? they kept it?

whos to say he wouldnt be back with another gun for revenge. i think they did the right thing.. whos to even say that he couldve had backup in a car nearby with guns inside. they scared and beat him just enough... plus they were emotionally rialed up and scared. is there any defense for actions out of fear. fear that was caused by the "victim"?

[MassNole]

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he didnt have his gun when he left, right? they kept it?

whos to say he wouldnt be back with another gun for revenge. i think they did the right thing.. whos to even say that he couldve had backup in a car nearby with guns inside. they scared and beat him just enough... plus they were emotionally rialed up and scared. is there any defense for actions out of fear. fear that was caused by the "victim"?

Well the suit can be defended with contributory negligence, which I am not about to spend the better part of an hour explaining, but in summary it is if you did something to contribute to the tort, then your damages can either be mitigated or cancelled out all together. In some states as much as 1% contributory negligence can defeat a suit, in other states it takes 51%, and in others the jury will award a verdict then deduct the part you were contributorily negligent for. Ex., A wins a $100k lawsuit vs. B, the Jury finds the contributory negligence on the part of A was 95%. $100k x .95 = $5k that A would actually receive in damages. I don't know where NY is on this spectrum other than they aren't in the most stringent group (Washington, North Carolina, and maybe Alabama are however).

[RubenDouglas]

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in a case like this, is he sueing the individuals or the company on behalf of the individuals?

Id go all out and get the big boys involved. most of the workers are there for a reason...they need to be, for financial support

[MassNole]

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in a case like this, is he sueing the individuals or the company on behalf of the individuals?

Id go all out and get the big boys involved. most of the workers are there for a reason...they need to be, for financial support

Yeah he's probably suing all of the above, expecting if their is a verdict that Autozone will pay.

[AI_Franchise]

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"emotional distress"..if you know about law, this is very funny he would include that.

[Blzer]

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"Mr. Reede! Several years ago, a friend of mine had a burglar on her roof, a burglar. He fell through the skylight, landed on a cutting board, on a butcher's knife, cutting his leg. The burglar sued my friend, he sued my friend! And because of guys like you, he won! My friend had to pay the burglar $6,000. Is that justice?"




"No... I'd have got him ten."