Legal Opinion
Alex Vesely v. Armslist LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 2014No. 13-3505PublishedCited by 241 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Jitka Vesel (“Jitka”) was shot with a handgun that was illegally purchased by Demetry Smirnov who found the weapon available for purchase on Armslist.com (“Armslist”), a website that facilitates the sale of guns between private owners. Alex Vesely (“Alex”) brought this action on her behalf, alleging that Armslist’s negligence in facilitating the sale proximately caused her death. 1 The district court held that Armslist owed no duty to Jitka and therefore could not be liable for the actions of Smirnov. For the following reasons, we affirm.
I. Background
In 2011, Jitka was…
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