On Apr 16, 7:12*pm, bob haller wrote:
On Apr 16, 5:04*pm, Evan wrote:



On Apr 16, 9:03*am, "Stormin Mormon"

wrote:
I'd have been tempted to go break some glass on the lawyer's
office, trip and fall, and then sue for damages.

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"George"
wrote in ...

Unfortunately there are lawyers.

My friend also a "gentleman farmer" got tired of his mailbox
being destroyed so he erected a more substantial version.
Some kids got hurt while damaging the personal property
of others and some lawyer with his picture on billboards
rushed to their aid and sued my friend. His homeowners
insurance paid out ~ $100,000.

Ah, but you see Stormin, the glass you would have broken
was not designed and installed with the intention to injure
you when you broke it... *These redneck reinforced mailboxes
are designed and installed with the specific intent to cause
harm to anyone who vandalizes them after they are installed...

That is an actionable tort... *He/his insurers got off easy with
$100,000 worth of payoff, that would be $33,000-ish for the
lawyer and $67,000 left to pay for medical bills... *It wasn't
a "lottery-sweepstakes" winning by any means...

People who are bat-**** crazy about protecting their mailboxes
from being batted away by passing carloads of vandals should
locate those mailboxes far enough away from the side of the
road so that they can not be reached with a baseball bat out
of a vehicle's window -- problem solved...

tthe post office has a arms length from curb with driver sitting in
seat. one guy who repaced 10 mailboxes moved it 10 feet from the
curb, while he was discussing it with the post office, they refused to
deliver..... someone drove up in his yard and took it out again


In your area, it sounds like they only allow for curbside boxes...

Your tough luck...

~~ Evan