Does the law allow you to bring a civil suit against yourself? Should it?

[Boojatta]

For example, suppose that you have two contracts with yourself and you see that it is possible to argue, based on one contract, that some money should go into a certain bank account devoted to certain purposes, but that it is also possible to argue, based on the other contract, that the money should go elsewhere.

In case anyone is wondering, I wrote this Original Post after pondering the phrase "social justice." In the above scenario, you would be relying upon an institution (the court system) that includes many people. However, you would be using that institution to achieve ordinary justice rather than to achieve the special kind of justice that you try to achieve when the scenario involves more than one person.

[angstlessk]

1. honey, if it did, I would heavily insure myself against myself...case closed!

[grantcart]

2. My brother was involved in a successful case where a man set fire to his

own home and he sued and collected.

It isn't quite on point, however, because he sued on behalf of the wife who was not aware of the crime and he was able to win 50% of the policy for her.

[DURHAM D]

5. I know a young man who killed both of his parents.

He was found not guilty by reason of insanity. He was 19 at the time of the murders. He did not go to prison - he went to a state mental institution.

He was rehabilitated within a few years and when released sued his younger brother for half of his parents estate which was rather large. He got his half.

[MineralMan]

3. Try it, Boojatta, and let us know how you did...

[marybourg]

4. "two contracts with yourself "

I don't believe a "contract with yourself" would be enforceable in a court of law.

[izquierdista]

6. It would be possible

If lawyers thought they could bill hours for it, it would be possible.

[Raspberry]

7. Um . . .

Do you have Multiple Personality Disorder?

If you whack yourself in the head, could you sue for assault?

If you are a doctor and you operate on yourself, could you sue yourself for malpractice?

Sorry, I don't get this.

[Boojatta]

8. Welcome to DU, Raspberry!

:toast:

Now, what don't you get? I explained that I was thinking about the phrase "social justice." What contribution does the word "social" make to your understanding of what that phrase means?

[happyslug]

9. Done quite often, but mostly in declaratory judgment actions

The most common form of this is when someone has to file an action in a court to get a Judge to approve whatever that person needed done. Generally these are "In Re" cases i.e. file a lawsuit to get a Judgment when some bureaucrat wants one. "In Re ex-wife" who wants to resume pre-marital name etc. In re X, whose birth Certificate has Y instead of X.

Another set is when you have an property issue and you need to get a clean title. You ask the court for a Judaical finding that you own the property. There is no one else to sue, but someone has to be named. "In Re property I inherited from my parents, and I am the only child".

Done more often then you may think, but generally it is when a Court decision is needed but no one really opposes the Court making the Decision.

[Boojatta]

10. Kick