RE: House in self-defence mode...

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

> ..... dog bites .... can he sue?

 

Yes - and if you're unlucky, the court will order you to destroy the dog. However, if you've taken reasonable steps - eg put up signs saying "beware of the dog", put restraints on the dog so that it can only roam a small area, and put appropriate fencing specially on that area to protect bystanders, then you'd probably be on stronger grounds.

> building site...

 

Again, you have to go to extremes to warn, and prevent, people coming onto your site. And with explosives, you'd have to try your best to prevent them exploding if you noticed him. There are all kinds of things about what constitutes what you have to do.

 

> house security

 

Play a _very_ loud siren. Run announcements telling him he's on tape, and that the police are on their way.... Yes.

 

Activate a gun... No

Activate smoke - maybe :-)

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 22 April 2002 15:43
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] House in self-defence mode...

What I don't understand is:

People walk dogs on the street and if dog bites someone you can get sued, so it's O.K.

However, if I keep dog to protect my house, like many people do, the dog is supposed to bark and it's quite possible to bite the intrude (it's almost expected from poor dog). Can he sue me then? There are thousands of such homes protected by the dog ,although that's not always a prime reason for having a dog.

If it's O.K. for dog to chase and bite the intruder (you cannot train dog to bark only or to tell the robber to go away), what's the difference having snake or some other potentially dangerous animal.

Again, if that's O.K. what's the difference having animal or some other mechanism of self defence. Where to draw the line?

 

Also, on the building site where someone is using explosive, you have visible warning signs and you have a warning siren before the explosive is lit. If someone walks into dangerous zone, despite all the warnings, sirens, people trying to stop him, and he gets hurt, can he sue them? I suppose not - he'll be considered lunatic, or wanting to get hurt.

So what's the difference there, if you put all the warning signs, put siren and announcements and someone still gets into your house. Why he can sue you then for being hur?. Why he would not be considered lunatic?

Just thinking aloud...

Nik

 

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