Legal Opinion
Wasylow v. Glock, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 4, 1996No. Civil Action 94-11073-DPWPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
A 23-year-old worker in a sheriffs office, while storing his weapon at home, pulled the trigger, and shot himself in the stomach. In this products liability lawsuit, he blames the gun and its manufacturer for his self-inflicted wounds. The defendant/manufacturers 1 move for summary judgment. Concluding that there were adequate warnings regarding the use of the weapon and that the gun did what it was designed and manufactured to do wher; someone pulled the trigger while the weapon was loaded, I will grant defendants’ motion.
I. Background
A. The…
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