Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 16, 2000No. Docket Nos. 99-7753, 99-7785 and 99-7787PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge JOSÉ A. CABRANES dissents in a separate opinion.
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
Appellees Gail Fox and her son Stephen Fox among other plaintiffs sued defendants, 25 gun manufacturers, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Weinstein, J.). A four-week jury trial resulted in a jury verdict finding 15 of the defendants negligent in the marketing and distribution of handguns. Although nine of these 15 defendants were found by the jury to have proximately caused injury to one or more of the plaintiffs, damages were assessed against only three of them.
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2Cases cited28 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Pulka v. EdelmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Moning v. AlfonoMichigan Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Hamilton v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 2001
- City of New York v. Smokes-Spirits. Com, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- City of Philadelphia v. Beretta U.S.A., Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2000
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New Jersey, Inc. v. Philip Morris USA Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Acusport, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2003
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