Seven years ago Robert Moore got into a barroom brawl with British servicemen at a drinking establishment in Tacoma, Wash. He was injured and wanted to sue…. who? Why, the government of Great Britain, that’s who. He wasn’t going to win that one, not even in the Ninth Circuit, a panel of which pointed out that we have a NATO treaty intended to forestall litigation in exactly such situations. However, Moore’s attorney, J. Bryon Holcomb of Bainbridge Island, Wash., took umbrage. “The Ninth Circuit just ignored the facts,” Holcomb said. “If people in this country knew how little chance they had in our federal court system, there would be a revolution tomorrow. They would have the guillotines out storming the courthouse looking for candidates.” What is Mr. Holcomb trying to do talking that way, set himself up as the Geoffrey Fieger of the Pacific Northwest? (Justin M. Norton, “Man Involved in Bar Fight TKO’d by 9th Circuit”, The Recorder, Sept. 24). Martin Grace also comments (Oct. 2).
UK government not liable for soldier’s bar fight
Seven years ago Robert Moore got into a barroom brawl with British servicemen at a drinking establishment in Tacoma, Wash. He was injured and wanted to sue…. who? Why, the government of Great Britain, that’s who. He wasn’t going to win that one, not even in the Ninth Circuit, a panel of which pointed out […]
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