Most Popular Gun Liability Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Insurer Avoids Dog Bite Claim Brought by Homeowner Selling Firearms Out of Garage
Jun 15 2023 // Nationwide General Insurance has avoided payment of a dog bite claim filed by a homeowner it insured who ran a firearms business out of his garage. A federal district court for Alabama ruled that the business exclusions in...
#2 Mexico’s Lawsuit Against Arizona Gun Dealers Can Proceed, US Judge Rules
Mar 26 2024 // A U.S. judge on Monday ruled that the Mexican government could move forward with a lawsuit accusing five Arizona gun dealers of participating in the trafficking of weapons and ammunition to drug cartels across the...
#3 US Appeals Court Revives Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Against Gun Maker
Jan 23 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a $10 billion lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border. The...
#4 NRA Chief LaPierre Defends His Spending, Luxury Travel in New York Civil Trial
Jan 30 2024 // Longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre took the stand in his New York civil trial Friday, defending himself against allegations that he violated the trust of the group’s 5 million members by...
#5 Jury Finds Former NRA Chief LaPierre Misspent Gun Group’s Funds, Owes $4.4M
Feb 26 2024 // The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and...
#6 Illinois City to Pay $1.9 Million Settlement to Teen Shot by Officer in Gun Battle With Bank Robbery Suspect
Oct 23 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A teenager who was shot and wounded during a 2019 shootout between suburban Chicago police and a bank robbery suspect inside a music school has reached a $1.9 million settlement with the city of Des...
#7 Chicago Sues Glock Over Proliferation of Illegal Machine Guns on City Streets
Mar 21 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago sued Glock Inc. on Tuesday, alleging the handgun manufacturer is facilitating the proliferation of illegal machine guns that can fire as many as 1,200 rounds per minute on the streets...
#8 Michigan Man Who Was Accidently Shot in Face With Ghost Gun Sues Manufacturer
Mar 15 2024 // A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit filed a lawsuit against his former best friend who accidentally shot him and the Pennsylvania company that sold...
#9 Gun Makers Urge Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Mexico’s Lawsuit
Apr 19 2024 // U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug...
#10 Viewpoint: Should Insurance Drive Increased Firearm Safety?
May 17 2023 // It seems almost weekly there is a story or two in the national headlines addressing gun violence in the U.S., and a recent Insurance Journal story indicated respondents of a survey thought insurance could have a role in...
#11 Supreme Court Seems to Favor NRA in Free Speech Case Against Insurance Regulator
Mar 20 2024 // Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group...
#12 ‘Ghost Gun’ Sellers Must Face New York Lawsuit Seeking to Ban Them
Feb 26 2024 // Nine companies that sell unfinished guns without serial numbers, used to make untraceable “ghost guns,” must face a lawsuit by New York’s Democratic attorney general seeking to halt their business in the...
#13 NRA Sues Maryland Over ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’ Gun Laws
May 19 2023 // The National Rifle Association’s lobbying arm sued to block Maryland from enforcing new gun-control measures that enhance requirements for obtaining concealed-carry permits and restrict firearms in sensitive areas...
#14 2 Firearm Situations. Maybe They’re Covered.
May 17 2023 // NOTE: This is an excerpt from a longer article on IJ. Here’s the full article. When it comes to firearms and insurance, we can look at them in two ways. First, as items of personal property, in which case, in...
#15 Supreme Court to Hear Free Speech Complaint by NRA Against New York Regulator
Nov 6 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court last Friday agreed to hear an appeal by the National Rifle Association of a case in which it accuses a New York insurance regulator of violating its free speech rights when she urged insurance...
#16 Shooting That Wounded 2 at Chicago White Sox Game Likely Involved Gun fired Inside Stadium, Police Say
Aug 31 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A shooting that wounded two women at last Friday night`s Chicago White Sox-Oakland Athletics game most likely involved a gun that went off inside Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago`s interim police...
#17 New York Civil Trial Against NRA Leader LaPierre Over ‘Lavish Spending’ Opens
Jan 10 2024 // The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a...
#18 Questions on AI, Budget Deficit, Gun Owners Liability Await California Lawmakers
Jan 4 2024 // California lawmakers returned to work this week for the start of an election-year legislative session dominated by decisions on artificial intelligence and the state`s struggling budget. The budget is a big issue every...
#19 Maryland Revises Gun Laws in Response to Supreme Court’s Bruen Ruling
May 18 2023 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed gun-control measures into law on Tuesday, after lawmakers passed measures this year in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The high court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and...
#20 Judge Tosses Gun Group’s Challenge to Delaware Public Nuisance Law as Premature
Sep 12 2023 // The federal district court for Delaware has thrown out a suit by a gun rights group challenging a state law that allows the state’s attorney general to sue firearms companies. The law allows lawsuits by the attorney...
