Keenan v. Oshman Sporting Goods, Co.

It was alleged and established that appel-lee is the seller of handguns who knowingly allowed a display case to be so defective as to allow ready access to its contents: handguns. One of the handguns stolen as a result of either employee theft or lifted from the defective showcase by an outsider, was the murder weapon which killed plaintiffs decedent. The killer also had two other of appel-lee’s stolen guns in his apartment.

The legal question involves traditional tort law. That is, did appellee breach a duty which was a proximate cause of the death of plaintiffs decedent. It seems to me all…