Homeowner fights mailbox wound lawsuit

LONDON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A British homeowner said he is going to fight a lawsuit filed against him by a woman who claims his mailbox injured her while she was delivering junk mail.

Paul O'Brien, 44, said he thought it was an early April Fool's Day joke when he received a solicitor's letter asking that he pay compensation to Joy Goodman for wounds she acquired while putting mail into his mailbox in January, the Daily Mail reported Thursday.

Goodman, who is a cake decorator, is seeking compensation for personal injury and loss of earnings, claiming she severed her index finger and cannot execute her job properly.

"Just cannot believe someone who came on to my property uninvited, to put junk mail through my door that I didn't want, can now sue me because they hurt themselves," O'Brien said.

O'Brien reportedly said his mailbox is perfectly normal and that it is no different from the other mailboxes in his neighborhood.

"It seems like we're becoming more and more like America. Everyone wants compensation," O'Brien said to the Daily Mail.