“Man mauled by pet tiger fails in bid to sue rescuers”

“A man who sued the city for entering his apartment without a search warrant after he was mauled by his 450-pound pet Siberian tiger demonstrated a lot of nerve in taking the city to court, a judge said as he threw the lawsuit out.” After Antoine Yates was seriously bitten by the 10-foot-long pet tiger […]

“A man who sued the city for entering his apartment without a search warrant after he was mauled by his 450-pound pet Siberian tiger demonstrated a lot of nerve in taking the city to court, a judge said as he threw the lawsuit out.” After Antoine Yates was seriously bitten by the 10-foot-long pet tiger he was keeping in his East Harlem apartment in Manhattan, police removed it along with an alligator named Al and Yates served 3 1/2 months on a reckless endangerment plea. U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein dismissed his lawsuit, saying it demonstrated “chutzpah”. (Larry Neumeister, “Judge Bites Off Tiger Owner’s Lawsuit”, AP/New York Sun, Aug. 8; Volokh, Aug. 9). The headline in the title above is from the UK’s Guardian.

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