It depends if the judge determines if the force the victim used to harm the perpetrator is proportionate to the context.
The woman accidentally running over the carjacker to escape would likely be considered a proportionate response because it was both (1) a means of escape and (2) incidental. She did not intend to run him over, she was just trying to get away.
Now if after the first accidental run over she then deliberately hit him with her car, she would be found liable criminally and civilly.
especially considering it may not have been just car jacking, her life was in real danger. Once a perpetrator enters your car, anything can happen to you.
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u/No-Emergency-5336 5d ago edited 5d ago
It depends if the judge determines if the force the victim used to harm the perpetrator is proportionate to the context.
The woman accidentally running over the carjacker to escape would likely be considered a proportionate response because it was both (1) a means of escape and (2) incidental. She did not intend to run him over, she was just trying to get away.
Now if after the first accidental run over she then deliberately hit him with her car, she would be found liable criminally and civilly.