Re: Is this grounds for a suit--can I win for admitted batte

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On 3/18/05, 00 wrote:
> Criminal suits and civil suits are two different things.
Just
> look at the OJ case. He was found "not guilty" of murder in
> criminal court, yet he lost in civil court.
>
>
> On 3/18/05, Ouch! wrote:
>> Recently I was assaulted and the person who did it just
>> pled no-contest in municipal court. When he assaulted me he
>> left abrasions and brusing, and I and the police have
>> pictures of it.
>>
>> Now that he has plead no-contest, do I have a case to go
>> after him in civil court in Oklahoma? I did not go to the
>> doctor after the battery, but I am afraid to walk down the
>> street toward his house for fear of retribution. What do
>> you think; can I also sue--and win--in civil court?