united-states litigation
Could you sue God?
<p>The premise of the movie &quot;The man who sued God&quot; is that a person who lost his boat in a lightning storm. His boat insurer then decided it was an act of God and did not cover it</p>
<p>He heard the term &quot;act of God&quot; and decided to sue the Catholic church because apparently they act as agents for this God fellow?</p>
<p>Would such a case be considered frivolous in the US or could it have some unlikely legs?</p>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ex_rel._Gerald_Mayo_v._Satan_and_His_Staff" rel="noreferrer"><em>United States ex rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His Staff</em> 54 F.R.D. 282 (W.D.Pa. 1971),</a> was dismissed because the petitioner failed to provide directions on how to serve Satan,  and because of doubt about the court's jurisdiction over Satan.</p>
<p>According to the Wikipedia article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Chambers#2007_lawsuit_against_God" rel="noreferrer"><em>Chambers v God</em></a>:</p>
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<p>The lawsuit was dismissed in October 2008 because a summons notifying God of the lawsuit could not be delivered to the defendant, who has no listed address.</p>
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<p>Similar problems would probably prevent any future lawsuit against God or Satan from proceeding to a trial. The suggested suit also misunderstands the technical nature of the term &quot;act of God&quot;, at least in modern use.</p>
