· 3/4/1996
McCarthy v. Sturm, Ruger and Co., Inc.
Citations
- 916 F. Supp. 366
- 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2509
- 1996 WL 93515
How courts have described this case
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- holding as a matter of law that defendant, a manufacturer of ammunition, owed no duty to prevent the criminal misuse of ammunition, regardless of its foreseeability
- holding as a matter of law that defendant, a manufacturer of ammunition, owed no duty to prevent the criminal misuse of ammunition, regardless of its foreseeability
- “[I]n determining the existence of a duty, New York courts attempt to limit the scope of potential liability to a controllable degree in an effort to protect defendants from infinite liability exposure.”
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Judges: Baer
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