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? do you have examples of the castle doctrine defense extending to neighbors in here Texas?
Our police, in seminars for neighborhhod protection specifially said it did not.
Not that i think our police are always right.

but again, the point is anyone can file a lawsuit and lawyers will file anything if they think they can get a buck

There was a case in Houston IIRC the grand jury didn't indite for murder because the castle doctrine applied to neighbors, and I believe there was another case in Dallas where the DA said it applied to neighbors and I think there was another case in Nacadoches (SP?) where the DA said the same thing.

You're right, there are lawyers that will file a lawsuit over a dropped hat, but the chance of it going anywhere is probably close to nonexistence so the attorney wouldn't get paid. The guy probably doesn't even have enough money to cover the expenses so the attorney would risk being out that too.