I don't know of any law that prevents another from being sued. A civil law suit is much different on weight of liability, whereas the parties must only tilt the reason just slightly.twomillenium wrote:[quote=
Texas fortunately has "Stand your Ground Laws" and if it's a good shoot you can't be sued civilly due to said laws. Additionally if you're involved in a good shoot, you're not going to be arrested if the evidence is clear that you were acting in defense of yourself or others. The notion that you're going to jail for something that's legal with clear evidence is ludicrous and simply a way to make money. Now with that said, I'd still invest in some type of legal coverage myself because like the reason we have firearms and LTCs it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and to have it. I am not a lawyer nor LEO (yet), but I do work as a Corrections Officer in a police department in Harris County and have never seen someone arrested on a good shoot nor have I read a report of a good shoot that someone was arrested on.
Just my two cents hope it helps
P.S. I do have an Associates in Criminal Justice, so I also have a base line knowledge of the laws.
P.S. I watched Judge Judy more years than it takes to get a degree.[/quote]
Allow me to correct myself, the statue I'm speaking about provides you civil immunity if you're involved in a good shoot. They can still file a civil suit, but the law removes civil liability i.e. financial compensation. Sorry about that and thanks for correcting me sometimes I type faster than I think lol. Here's the statue I was speaking about though.
CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT
CHAPTER 83. USE OF FORCE OR DEADLY FORCE
Sec. 83.001. CIVIL IMMUNITY. A defendant who uses force or deadly force that is justified under Chapter 9, Penal Code, is immune from civil liability for personal injury or death that results from the defendant's use of force or deadly force, as applicable.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 378), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.