Legal Opinion
West v. MacHe of Cochran, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 6, 1988No. 76095PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Appellant brought this wrongful death action individually as surviving parent of his two minor children and surviving spouse of his deceased wife against appellee, a licensed firearms dealer subject to federal and state regulations governing the sale of firearms. The complaint alleged that on December 21, 1985, Mache sold and delivered a semi-automatic rifle and two packs of bullets to Curtis Brown; that prior to this sale Brown had been committed to a mental institution for approximately eleven years as a result of the brutal assault and rape of an elderly woman; that at the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bradley Center, Inc. v. WessnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Central Anesthesia Associates, P.C. v. WorthySupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Spires v. GoldbergCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
- Franco v. BunyardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
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3Cited by16 opinions
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