Moning v. Alfono

This appeal concerns the propriety of a trial court’s grant of directed verdict in favor of defendants, the manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailers of a slingshot, in an action brought by plaintiff to recover for injuries sustained as a result of use of the slingshot.

Evidence introduced at trial indicated that on August 17, 1967, Joseph Alfono, age 11, purchased two l(ty slingshots from defendant Campbell Discount Jewelry. He gave one of the slingshots to plaintiff, age 12, and the boys rode their bicycles to a nearby park. At the park plaintiff and Joseph Alfono employed their slingshots to…