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Colin,

There was a case some years back. A young Scots chap, only a few hours in the US, accepted a lift back to his hotel from a bar, but asked to be let out of the car after becoming alarmed at something.  He became disoriented and lost, knocked on a door for directions, and the arsehole inside not only shot him dead (murdered him, in UK parlance) through the door, but got away with it in court.  However, the chap's family weren't poor, and they took the thug to court.  The only course that presented itself was to sue for compensation. They won $250,000 - plus costs, I'd say.  An odd outcome.

Hugh.
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