Long v. Turk

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

This is a summary judgment appeal by a parent, as plaintiff, seeking to impose civil liability on a handgun owner for the death of the parent’s son. The claim arises from the fatal shooting of Alice Long’s son, Tony, by defendant Steven Turk’s son, Matthew. Both boys were minors. Tony was killed by a hollow point bullet from a .357 Magnum handgun owned by Steven Turk.

Jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 20-3018(c), a transfer from the Court of Appeals on our motion.

The issues are:(1) Does the inherently dangerous instrument doctrine require an owner of…