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The family of these people have a right to sue because of a wrongful death. As far as my own beliefs go, I think that should be enough to have a legitimate lawsuit, and it may include things such as lost earnings. I don't know what would happen in a private law society, but I doubt that lost earnings would be a separate tort.

No no, you've got it all wrong. The common burglar has to break into your house. You invite the IRS into your house, after they threaten you with an audit. Quite civilized, I say.

That could happen, as well as a tense cop firing the first shot, or whatever. I don't know if you remember when this cop completely overreacted to this situation and punched a woman in the face . Now what happens if you get a cop like that but he pulls a trigger instead of just punching someone? You have every right to walk down a dark alley by

Krugman acknowledges Murphy's existence?

No, I'm pretty sure that the burden of proof is on you to establish a cause and effect relationship between the two events before I have to try and disprove anything.