[troutman]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

To the lawyers (preferably) and armchair lawyers, what happens is a player decks a streaker as happened in Vancouver Saturday and the streaker gets hurt? It also happened in Edmonton last year. What are the chances that the injured fan could successfully sue the player or does he/she give up those rights upon entering the field?

Self Defence (criminal context):

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/abubak...b_1852161.html

The Citizen's Arrest and Self Defence Act permits "the reasonable use of force, taking into account all the circumstances of the particular case," says a backgrounder posted on the Department of Justice website. However, "a person is not entitled to use excessive force in a citizen's arrest."

The new law was nicknamed the Lucky Moose bill, after the case of David Chen, the owner of the Lucky Moose food mart in Toronto's Chinatown. He was charged with forcible confinement and assault after he and colleagues tied up a career thief and tossed him in a delivery van.

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/a.../FullText.html

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to enable a person who owns or has lawful possession of property, or persons authorized by them, to arrest within a reasonable time a person whom they find committing a criminal offence on or in relation to that property.

http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/o...ddp/index.html


https://globalnews.ca/news/4051618/w...rty-in-canada/