Gower v. Savage Arms, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, John and Debra Gower, seek to hold Savage Arms, Inc. and Savage Sports Corporation liable for compensatory and punitive damages under a theory of “successor liability” for injuries John Gower sustained when his hunting rifle discharged inadvertently, shooting him in the foot. 1 Gower alleges that the rifle was defective as follows. First, it was designed so that it could not be unloaded with the safety engaged (the “unloading defect”). Second, it was designed without a detent system, which would have made the safety mechanism more…