SOUTHERN STATES POLICE BENEVOLENT ASS'N, INC. v. Second Chance Body Armor, Inc.

OPINION

QUIST, District Judge.

Background

Plaintiffs, various individual law enforcement officers and organizations represent ing law enforcement officers, have filed a class action complaint against Second Chance Body Armor, Inc. (“Second Chance”), alleging that Second Chance manufactured and sold certain protective ballistic vests to Plaintiffs and the putative class which are defective and dangerous. Specifically, Plaintiffs allege that the lightweight fiber used in the vests, known as “Zylon”, may be degraded when exposed to various conditions, resulting in a loss of protection for users of…