Latest Gun Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Gun Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Guns Missing From Oklahoma Museum Not Insured
Feb 27 2006 // Officials aren’t sure whether Oklahoma taxpayers will have to pay for uninsured weapons that are missing from a famous state gun museum. The J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum is covered by insurance but the...
Judge Allows N.Y. City’s Suit Against Gun Industry to Proceed
Dec 5 2005 // Federal District Court Judge Jack Weinstein on Dec. 2 ruled that New York City’s landmark lawsuit against the gun industry can proceed, despite a federal law that limits the legal liability of gun manufacturers and...
National Newsbriefs
Nov 7 2005 // P/C Insurers Post Record Results in 2005: The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded an underwriting profit of $13.2 billion, with a net income of $32.1 billion during the first six months of 2005, a substantial gain...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // P/C Insurers Post Record Results in 2005: The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded an underwriting profit of $13.2 billion, with a net income of $32.1 billion during the first six months of 2005, a substantial gain...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // P/C Insurers Post Record Results in 2005: The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded an underwriting profit of $13.2 billion, with a net income of $32.1 billion during the first six months of 2005, a substantial gain...
New Shield Law Could Erase Current Lawsuits Against Gun Makers
Oct 21 2005 // President George W. Bush is expected to sign into law a bill to shield the gun industry from most lawsuits filed by victims of gun crimes. The House approved the bill by a bipartisan vote of 283 to 144, with 59 Democrats...
Fla. Supreme Court Rules Liability Insurance Does Not Cover Gun Manufacturers’ Damages
Sep 26 2005 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled in Tallahassee against Miami-based gun manufacturers Taurus International Holdings and Taurus International Manufacturing Inc. In a unanimous ruling the court said gun-makers’...
Firearm Manufacturers Target D.C. Strict Assault Weapon Liability Act
Jul 20 2005 // Firearm manufacturers have filed papers asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruling permitting lawsuits against firearms manufacturers under the District of Columbia’s...
N.Y. City Law Holds Gun Manufacturers and Dealers Liable to Victims Under Code of Conduct
Jan 7 2005 // The New York City Council has voted to toughen its gun safety laws with legislation that holds gun makers and dealers financially liable to victims of gun violence if the manufacturers or sellers violate a code of...
In Memoriam: 86 Years Ago the Guns Fell Silent, But the Legacy Lives On
Nov 11 2004 // Almost none of them are left now – the men and women who fought the First World War. Even those who lived through it are few. But the effects of what the French call La Grande Guerre – the “Great War...
ME. GUN MAKER SETTLES SNIPER SUIT:
Sep 20 2004 // A rifle manufacturer’s decision to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by victims and victims’ families in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings is a first, according to a gun control lawyer. Bushmaster...
Pa. Suit Targets Gun Dealer Liability
Apr 21 2004 // A civil lawsuit filed against a South Williamsport gun shop could be the first to go to court that would hold gun dealers accountable when criminals get their hands on guns, lawyers say. In April 1999, 7-year-old Nafis...
Under the Gun, NAIC Recommits to Modernization
Oct 6 2003 // In response to congressional pressure to more effectively regulate insurance at the state level or face federalization, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) unanimously passed its revised statement of...
Under the Gun, NAIC Recommits to Modernization
Oct 6 2003 // In response to congressional pressure to more effectively regulate insurance at the state level or face federalization, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) unanimously passed its revised statement of...
Royal & Sun Under the Gun
Nov 4 2002 // Bob Mendelsohn’s departure in September as CEO of the U.K.’s Royal & Sun Alliance doesn’t seem to have helped the company very much. Last week it took another hit from asbestos claims with the filing...
ALLEGED FRAUD IN GUN BARREL CITY
Oct 28 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County Grand Jury indicted Stan and Cynthia Doze, operators of Doze Construction Co. Inc., on a second-degree felony charge related to workers’ compensation premium...
Gunmakers Can’t Be Sued for Criminal Acts of Gun Buyers
Aug 9 2001 // Victims cannot sue gunmakers when criminals use their products illegally, the California Supreme Court ruled Aug. 6. According to AP Online, the 5-1 decision, which rejects a suit based on the 1993 massacre of eight people...
SHOOT-OUT CONTINUES
Jun 5 2000 // A Michigan state judge refused last month to throw out a suit against more than 30 gun manufacturers and dealers that seeks $400 million in damages. Circuit Judge Jeanne Stempien denied the motion brought by the...
Illinois Lawsuits Against Gun Makers To Go Forward
May 19 2000 // A Wayne County judge refused Tuesday to throw out a suit against more than 30 gun manufacturers and dealers and seeking $400 million in damages. Circuit Judge Jeanne Stempien denied the motion brought by the manufacturers...
