Legal Opinion
Young v. Bryco Arms
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 31, 2001No. 1-01-0739, 1-01-0740, 1-01-0742 consPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cousins
Plaintiffs are the surviving relatives of five individuals who were shot and killed in Chicago by juveniles with access to handguns. The defendants are various manufacturers, distributors and dealers of handguns.
Three complaints, filed separately, were consolidated for the purpose of this appeal: (1) Stephen Young filed a complaint on behalf of his son, Andrew Young, who was killed on the streets of Chicago by a juvenile street gang member using a gun manufactured by defendant Bryco Arms (Bryco) (Young v. Bryco Arms, No. 98 L 6684); (2) Obrellia Smith filed a complaint on behalf of her…
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