Shirley ex rel. Graham v. Glass

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rosen, J.:

This appeal addresses a civil proceeding following the tragic murder of a child by his father and the father’s subsequent suicide. The child’s mother brought an action in negligence against the parties who provided the father with the murder weapon. This court is called upon to decide two narrow legal questions that are related to general principles of negligence.

The case was decided in district court on summary judgment. Reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party, we find that the facts are as follows:

Zeus…