Legal Opinion
Smith & Wesson Corp. v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 16, 2001No. S00A1530, S00A1533PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
On February 4, 1999, the City of Atlanta filed suit in the State Court of Fulton County against a number of firearms manufacturers, distributors, and trade associations to recover damages the City allegedly incurred in expenses associated with the manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion, and sale of defective, negligently designed and unreasonably dangerous firearms. Five days later, in response to the City’s lawsuit, the Georgia General Assembly amended the firearms regulation statute, OCGA § 16-11-184,1 by reserving to the State the right to bring civil actions…
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