How do you sue a rat?

And more to the point, wouldn't it be hard to find a lawyer to represent you in such a suit.... professional courtesy and all that!

Seems like a Nassau County (Long Island) Correctional Center (Jail to y'all) guest was bitten on the penis by a mouse/rat/rodent (pick one) and now wants to sue. The headline on BBC News reads:

"Judge rules inmate 'bitten on penis by rodent' may sue"

This got my immediate attention --- how does one sue a rodent I wondered? Turns out, the inmate decided the County had deeper pockets than the mouse/rat, so he is suing them instead of the rodent.

I'll bet if the rodent was related to Mickey Mouse - with all his billion$, the inmate's lawyer would be suing him, not Nassau County!