Jan. 27, 2026
Who pays when self defense kills a bystander?
When a bystander is killed by a gun fired in self-defense, criminal law often looks away, leaving civil court as the only place families can seek accountability for irreversible harm.
Yosi Yahoudai
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
J&Y Law
Phone: (877) 862-4317
Email: intakes@jnylaw.com
There is a growing pattern in American violence that
almost no one talks about until they're living inside it: when
someone fires a gun in "self-defense" and an innocent bystander dies, the
criminal justice system often closes its file. The civil system then quietly,
painfully, becomes the only place where a grieving family can seek
accountability.
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