Cowart v. Kmart Corp.

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• holding that murder committed by third party was not foreseeable result of ammunition sale to minor
• holding that murder committed by third party was not foreseeable result of ammunition sale to minor
• stating that summary-judgment evidence was needed to show that the defendant should have been alerted to the fact that the minors who purchased the ammunition would put it in the hands of someone who would engage in the criminal conduct
• stating that summary-judgment evidence was needed to show that the defendant should have been alerted to the fact that the minors who purchased the ammunition would put it in the hands of someone who would engage in the criminal conduct
• holding third party’s use of a gun to kill Cowart constituted superseding cause of Cowart’s death following Kmart’s alleged negligent sale of ammunition to minors when minors used the ammunition to load gun and third party used loaded gun to kill Cowart
• holding third party’s use of a gun to kill Cowart constituted superseding cause of Cowart’s death following Kmart’s alleged negligent sale of ammunition to minors when minors used the ammunition to load gun and third party used loaded gun to kill Cowart

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