Legal Opinion
Hawes Firearms Co. v. Edwards
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 9, 1981No. 5577PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Until recently, Hawes Firearms Company and Gemini Investment Corporation, respectively, imported and distributed handguns manufactured by J. P. Sauer & Sohn, a West German manufacturer. The handguns were sold in the United States exclusively under Hawes’ name.
Respondent Paul A. Edwards was injured when a Hawes revolver accidently discharged. Edwards sued Hawes, Gemini, and others, 1 claiming that the handgun was defective.
In the course of pretrial discovery Edwards served Hawes with sixty-nine interrogatories pursuant to Alaska Civil Rule 33, and requested the…
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