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August 3, 2015: Could Superman Be Sued for "Man of Steel" Damages?

Man of Steel In a fun bit of hypothetical legal debating in episode 161 of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast, lawyer and comic book fan James Daily debates the legal ramifications behind the battle in Metropolis seen in the movie "Man of Steel".

    Mr Daily said if Superman was to be sued for trashing Metropolis, the outcome would not be favourable as prosecutors would argue he could easily have chosen a more appropriate location to confront his nemesis.

    "I don't recall any particularly good reason why it needed to happen there and why it couldn't have happened in, say, Antarctica," he said.

    Mr Daily said if Superman was to try and claim self-defence, it would likely be thrown out the window because he did not exercise a reasonable level of care while in battle.

    "What you can't necessarily do is take a machine gun and just spray bullets wildly into a crowd in an effort to strike the person who's threatening you," he said.

    Mr Daily said Superman's best hope would be to use the sudden-peril doctrine to try and convince the court he should be held to a lower standard of care because of the emergency situation.

    Alternatively, he suggested Superman use the defence of justification to argue if he hadn't engaged in battle with Zod, the outcome would have been far more drastic.

Read the full report at News.com.au.



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