Nelson v. Original Smith & Wesson Business Entities and/or Corporations

MEMORANDUM *

Jay Dee Nelson and Shannon Nelson have four minor children. One of the Nelson children was handling a Smith & Wesson (“S & W”) revolver when the gun discharged and struck another Nelson child, causing her to become a paraplegic. The Nelsons filed a products liability action against S & W, bringing claims of negligence, failure to warn, strict liability, and failure to retrofit. The district court granted S & W’s motion to dismiss and denied the Nelsons’ post-dismissal mo tions. The Nelsons appeal these decisions, and we affirm.

First, the Nelsons allege that S & W should have…