‘Can he sue me even if he has no case against me?’
I am called upon to advise about this scenario or something like it every once in a while: X never met Y before. They do not know each other. Or they knew each other or about each other, but never had any commercial or personal dealings with each other before, directly or indirectly. There is no relationship between them in whatever shape or form. Zero. Nada. One day, X sues Y for a tort of …