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BB gun lawsuit
By JULIE SCHLABS, Staff Writer
July 3, 2003
A boy visiting San Angelo was shot in the eye with a BB gun in July 2001, and his mother is going to the courts for relief.
According to court records, a young boy and his friend were playing with their BB guns in a living room. One of the boys pulled the trigger, documents state, but he didn't aim at his friend. The BB ricocheted and lodged into the other boys' left eye, where the fated BB remains.
The mother of the injured boy filed a civil suit this week in district court against the gun manufacturer and the hardware store that peddled the weapon. She's asking the court to award damages and attorney fees.
The suit charges that the two businesses breached products liability and negligently violated industry standards by failing to adequately warn of the dangers of the toy gun.
''The product was marketed as being less powerful than a real gun when it actually possessed power far above that which is reasonable and necessary for its intended use as a 'safer than real' gun. . . . '' the suit stated.
http://www.gosanangelo.com/sast/news_local/article/0,1897,SAST_4956_2085388,00.html
By JULIE SCHLABS, Staff Writer
July 3, 2003
A boy visiting San Angelo was shot in the eye with a BB gun in July 2001, and his mother is going to the courts for relief.
According to court records, a young boy and his friend were playing with their BB guns in a living room. One of the boys pulled the trigger, documents state, but he didn't aim at his friend. The BB ricocheted and lodged into the other boys' left eye, where the fated BB remains.
The mother of the injured boy filed a civil suit this week in district court against the gun manufacturer and the hardware store that peddled the weapon. She's asking the court to award damages and attorney fees.
The suit charges that the two businesses breached products liability and negligently violated industry standards by failing to adequately warn of the dangers of the toy gun.
''The product was marketed as being less powerful than a real gun when it actually possessed power far above that which is reasonable and necessary for its intended use as a 'safer than real' gun. . . . '' the suit stated.
http://www.gosanangelo.com/sast/news_local/article/0,1897,SAST_4956_2085388,00.html