Originally Posted by
whitearrow
I'm in the legal field, and I'll give my stock answer: anyone can sue anyone for anything, but that doesn't mean your case has the slightest bit of merit or that you'll win. (Contrary to popular belief, the number of non-auto tort cases has actually been declining for years.)
There's a big difference between forcing someone to drink something and volunteering to drink it. I can't think of what recognized tort you'd even be in the ballpark of if someone volunteered to drink something and subsequently got sick.
I'm just repeating the words of someone else. I see their point, though. We still have people on this board using the word "confiscation" and "seized" when legally, they do not apply. These people also make up juries. If a screener asks someone to do thing, technically, it has force of law behind it. A good litigator can turn an option into a perceived order. "I thought I
had to do it." I'm sure you can follow the line of thought here.
I doubt there is precedence on the exact topic at hand, but I'm sure there is something relevant.