Robber sues victims after they beat him

A man is suing an auto-parts store for assault and battery after he attempted to hold up the business and employees responded by beating him with a metal pipe.

Dana Buckman, 46, walked into an auto shop brandishing a semiautomatic pistol last summer, only to have it turned on him by two AutoZone employees, police said. The men beat Buckman with a metal pipe and held him with his own gun.

“In some respects, you wonder if a case like this even needs a defense. It speaks for itself,” said lawyer Patrick B. Naylon, who represents AutoZone and the employees.

But lawyer Phillip R. Hurwitz, who represents Buckman, said: “The danger was past. These two employees took it upon themselves to go after Mr. Buckman after he left the store.”

That makes this a case where Buckman may walk away with $1.00 in damages. Yes, juries have done stranger things and given huge rewards, but I somehow don’t think that will be the case here.

What I’d like to do is see them countersue for intentional infliction of emotional distress and various other torts.