Dilemma: Is it ok to sue your own brother?
Phil was in a road accident, in which he was the passenger, and his brother was the driver. Both brothers were seriously injured and spent time in hospital.
Here's Phil's dilemma: The only way he can afford to pay his medical bills, is if he sues his brother’s insurance company. Both brothers are Christians, they’re the best of mates, and the accident hasn’t caused any kind of rift. His brother’s quite ok with the idea of being sued if it means Phil can pay his medical costs.
But Phil feels like he is suing his own brother and he's just not certain if that’s an ethical thing to do.
What would you do?
• Is it OK as a Christian, to sue someone from your own family, someone you love, and possibly put a mark against their name?
• Or is it ok as long as the motivation is not vengeance?
• Is it an unethical or greedy, to use the legal system to seek money from an insurance company?
• If it was the only way you could pay your medical bills would you feel ok, or would you feel you are manipulating the system?
