Rogers v. Thomas

NEALON, J.,

The estate of a shooting victim has filed this tort action against the shooter, his father and a Susquehanna County business that sells firearms. The adult shooter’s father has demurred to this action on the ground that he owed no duty of care to the decedent under the circumstances alleged. The shooter, his father and the gun sales business have also filed preliminaiy objections to the estate’s claim for punitive damages. In addition, the shooter challenges certain averments as allegedly containing scandalous or impertinent matters, and the gun business objects to the complaint’s…