Guy buys home next to gun club, files suit to shut the club down. Bad precedent risk.

[jumpwing]

Another case like that here regarding the Kitsap Rifle & Revolver Range. Adding to the disgrace is the fact that the homeowner with his panties in a twist was a Marine.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[babarock]

We really need "Loser Pays" put in place to stop these B.S. lawsuits.

[sdprof]

We really need "Loser Pays" put in place to stop these B.S. lawsuits.

I'd make that "Filer pays if he loses" - defendants shouldn't have to shoulder two bills.

[MedicMan218]

i get tired of seeing this over and over. He more than likely knew damn good and well the range was there before he bought the house. No judge or jury in their right minds would let this tool win

[stevem174]

A few years ago in IL, there was a church that tried this tactic with bars. It didn't work out for them but it was still a pain for the bar owners.

[babarock]

I'd make that "Filer pays if he loses" - defendants shouldn't have to shoulder two bills.

I stand appropriately adjusted

[peckman28]

As some others have said, this is an excellent argument for loser pays on all lawsuits. As it stands now you don't have to even win a lawsuit to ruin someone's life, just keep filing frivolous lawsuits like this clown from the OP.

[spike]

I think the gun club should give a discounted membership to all the neighbors.

[Sheldon J]

This type of stupidity hopes all the time... They build a home next the the airport and file noise complaints. They build a school at the end of a runway and want the airport to restrict their hours. They put in a housing development next door to a pig farm that has been there for 5 generations and file suit wanting them shut down. Same story but next to a chicken farm, cattle farm, dairy farm....

It's as bad as the idiot that built his home on a flood plain at the end of the road. I stopped and warned him before he even broke ground, told him that the area was only dry because of the drought, that where he is putting his house has been under 3 feet of water for 21 of the last 23 years....
He informed me in no uncertain words that I was stupid, he was from the city and he knew what he was doing, so I could just shut up and leave him alone...
8 neighbors had the same run in, as did the building inspector, and the drain comishioner....
When his home literaly turned into an island with his basement flooded, his foundation craked and heaved due to hydrolic pressure he sue'd the township wanting the residents to put in a drainage project for him, and flat out lied and said "No one told me"....
Yeah he was shot down when everyone that had warned him showed to his meeting and voiced an opinion.....

[CLASS3NH]

This also sounds like my Wife's Cousin, who had a home built close to a Local Rod and Gun club, and then TREID to have the club shut down, because he was "afraid for his family" due to the noise and open shooting ranges at the Club... He didn't get too far, and wound up selling his home ...He's an idiot too, and I wasn't too forgiving for his stupid behavior. He doesn't talk to us anymore, no love lost there

[HKinNY]

My cousin is an attorney who is representing the range owner on Long Island for the exact same reason. Neighbors are complaining about the noise from the range. the range was there prior to them buying a home.

[oneshot]

STATES WITH RANGE PROTECTION
1. Alabama – ALA. CODE § 6-5-341
2. Alaska – AK STAT. § 34.75.010
3. Arizona – ARIZ. REV. STAT. ANN. § 17-601 et seq.
4. Arkansas – ARK. CODE ANN § 16-105-502
5. California – CAL. CIVIL CODE § 3482.1
6. Colorado – COL. REV. STAT. ANN. § 25-12-109
7. Connecticut – CONN. GEN. STAT. § 22a-74a
8. Delaware – DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 10 § 8142
9. Florida – FLA. STAT. ANN. § 823.16 and FLA. STAT. ANN. § 790.333
10. Georgia – GA. CODE ANN. § 41-1-9
11. Idaho – IDAHO CODE ANN. § 55-2602
12. Illinois – 740 ILL. COMP. STAT. ANN. § 130/5
13. Indiana – IND. CODE ANN. § 14-22-31.5-3
14. Iowa – IOWA CODE ANN. § 657.9
15. Kansas – KAN. STAT. ANN. § 58-3221 et seq.
16. Kentucky – KY. REV. STAT. ANN. § 237.200 et seq.
17. Louisiana – LA. REV. STAT. ANN. § 30:2053
18. Maine – ME. REV. STAT. ANN. tit. 17 § 2806 and ME. REV. STAT. ANN. tit. 30-A § 3011
19. Maryland – MD. CODE ANN. ENVIR. § 3-105
20. Massachusetts – MASS. GEN. LAWS ANN. ch. 214 § 7B
21. Michigan – MICH. COMP. LAWS § 691.1541 et seq
22. Minnesota –Chapter 87A
23. Mississippi – MISS. CODE ANN. § 95-13-1
24. Missouri – MO. REV. STAT. § 537.294
25. Montana – MT. CODE ANN. § 45-8-111 and MT. CODE ANN. § 76-9-101 et seq
26. Nevada – NEV. REV. STAT. § 40.140 and NEV. REV. STAT. § 202.450
27. New Hampshire – N.H. REV. STAT. ANN. § 159-B:1 through 3
28. New Jersey – N.J. STAT. ANN. § 13:1G-21.2. and 13:1G-21.3.
29. New Mexico – N.M. STAT. ANN. § 17-8-1 et seq
30. New York – N.Y. GEN. BUS. LAW § 150
31. North Carolina – N.C. GEN. STAT. § 14-409.45. et seq
32. North Dakota – N.D. CENT. CODE § 42-01-01.1
33. Ohio - OHIO REV. CODE ANN. § 1533.83 et seq
34. Oklahoma – OKLA. STAT. ANN. tit. 63 § 709.2 et seq
35. Oregon – OR. REV. STAT. ANN. § 467.131
36. Pennsylvania – 35 PA. STAT. ANN. § 4501
37. Rhode Island – R.I. GEN. LAWS § 11-47-62
38. South Carolina – S.C. CODE ANN. § 31-18-10 et seq
39. South Dakota – S.D. CODIFIED LAWS § 21-10-28 et seq
40. Tennessee – TENN. CODE ANN. § 39-17-316 et seq
41. Texas – TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. § 756.041
42. Utah – UTAH CODE ANN. § 47-3-1 et seq
43. Vermont – VT. STAT. ANN. tit. 10 § 5227
44. Virginia – VA. CODE ANN. § 15.2-917
45. West Virginia – W. VA. CODE ANN. § 61-6-23
46. Wisconsin – WIS. STAT. ANN. § 182.021
47. Wyoming – WYO. STAT. ANN. § 16-11-101
STATES WITHOUT RANGE PROTECTION
1. Hawaii
2. Nebraska
3. Washington


I don't know what kind of range protection laws are in PA, but it is listed here at this site.
http://www.rangeinfo.org/resource_li...ectionLaws.pdf
Michigan has a very comprehensive law regarding this, set forth when Engler was in office, thank goodness.