Legal Opinion
Chavez v. Glock, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 24, 2012No. B230346PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PERLUSS, P. J.
Los Angeles Police Officer Enrique Herrera Chavez was shot in the back with his service weapon, a Clock 21, by his three-year-old son, rendering him a paraplegic. Chavez and his wife, Leonora Aduna Chavez, sued the manufacturers and retailers of his gun and its holster for strict product liability and related torts, alleging the Clock 21 is defective because it has a light trigger pull without an appropriate safety mechanism to prevent accidental discharge and the holster fails to sufficiently protect the trigger or properly secure the gun. The trial court granted the…
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