Lemaire v. Richard

SAUNDERS, Judge.

| iThis is a vicarious liability case in which a gun shop manager accidentally discharged his own gun, shooting a customer. The manager’s gun discharged as he was disassembling it in order to compare it to the customer’s malfunctioning gun, as they were both Glock 19 pistols. The customer sustained a gunshot wound on the right side of his chest, and he filed suit against the manager, the gun shop owner, and the lessor of the property for damages arising from this injury. The lessor was dismissed from the suit, and the manager reached a settlement. After a bench trial on the…