Comments on: “NYPD’s fault my cop wife shot me” https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/04/nypds-fault-my-cop-wife-shot-me/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:58:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Perry https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/04/nypds-fault-my-cop-wife-shot-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6695 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:58:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4750#comment-6695 I quote: “The ‘Casanova’ cop who was allegedly shot by his wife, a fellow officer, as payback for his wandering eye is suing the NYPD for $3 million, claiming they should have known she was too nuts to carry a gun.”

If he, as her husband, couldn’t figure out that “she was too nuts” to tolerate his fooling around, why should the NYPD be expected to know it?

]]> By: Supremacy Claus https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/04/nypds-fault-my-cop-wife-shot-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6694 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:50:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4750#comment-6694 Under current tort doctrine of “each dog gets one bite,” I see some merit to the suit. This means that one may sue an owner whose dog bit someone before, making the tendency to bite known to the owner.

She tried to run down a previous love rival with a police car, and was transferred instead of fired.

The defenses would be assumption of risk by hooking up with such a real looker, and contributory negligence by betraying her and/or knowing her prior history of anger. The taxpayer should still not pay for the stupidity of the plaintiff.

In any case, she now seems to be where she belongs.

]]> By: William Nuesslein https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/04/nypds-fault-my-cop-wife-shot-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6693 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:06:27 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4750#comment-6693 To quote John Wayne Bobbit: “it could have been worse”.

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