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Glock scheduled for trial in personal injury case
guns.com ^ | Aug. 24, 2016 | Daniel Terrill

Posted on 08/25/2016 4:49:19 PM PDT by PROCON


A $75,000 personal injury case against Glock filed by an Arkansas policeman has been scheduled for trial in a federal court, according to the final scheduling order issued last week.

The jury trial will start Aug. 21, 2017, in a federal court in Helena, Arkansas, the order says. Final arguments and discovery exhibits are due in the beginning months of the year.

The plaintiff in the case, Larry Jones, of Cherry Valley, Arkansas, was injured when his Glock 19C pistol discharged unexpectedly at the shooting range in June 2013, the lawsuit says. At the time he was trying to attach a tactical light.

According to the complaint, the pistol had not been modified or changed since he bought the pistol in December 2000. The lawsuit alleges Glock sold the pistol “in a defective condition which rendered (it) unreasonably dangerous.”

The Glock pistol’s lack of a manual safety and other similar features are the subject of what the lawsuit characterizes as defects that led to the injury. Also, Glock did not give “a reasonable and adequate warning of dangers inherent and/or reasonably foreseeable in the use” of the pistol, the lawsuit says.

According to the complaint, Jones injured his left foot and has experienced pain and suffering since the incident. In response, Glock denied all allegations presented in the complaint. The case was originally filed in a Arkansas state court, but was transferred to a federal civil court in May.

Glock, an Austrian company with its U.S. headquarters in Smyrna, Georgia, has had its fair share of criticism due to the lack of a manual safety. Critics have long said the design is attributable to a rise in accidental discharges and misfirings and requires more training to handle it adequately.

Despite the criticism, the company is the leading producer of handguns for law enforcement with 65 percent of market share. In fact, the Federal Bureau of Investigation just renewed contracts with Glock to the tune of $85 million. According to recent estimates, Glock has an annual revenue of $400 million.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: arkansas; banglist; glock; larryjones; larryjonesidiot; lawsuit; liability; police
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To: PROCON

Really, really, and really. Broke every single rule.


41 posted on 08/25/2016 5:27:47 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I had a cool idea for a new tagline and I forgot it!)
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To: PROCON

This dumbazz gomer shouldn’t have been let out of the house with anything deadlier than a marsh mellow, let alone a firearm.


42 posted on 08/25/2016 5:28:37 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: PROCON
At the time he was trying to attach a tactical light.

Onto a loaded gun.

The gene pool would have been well served if he had shot himself in the head.


43 posted on 08/25/2016 5:33:51 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: PROCON

Seems like operator error. Gun loaded, pointed at foot, hand on gun, what could go wrong?


44 posted on 08/25/2016 5:35:06 PM PDT by Reno89519 (It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
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To: PROCON
his Glock 19C pistol discharged unexpectedly at the shooting range in June 2013, the lawsuit says. At the time he was trying to attach a tactical light.

I don't expect any sensible person to mount something on a loaded firearm, let alone on a Glock. I love Glocks, but they are not for rookies or for the reckless. They fire every time you pull the trigger when they're loaded, which is why I never do cleaning or gunsmithing on a loaded Glock - but the Glock is my go-to home defense weapon (until I can get to a 12 gauge shotgun).

The cop should lose the case, since he was reckless. The cop should also lose his job since he doesn't know how to handle firearms.

45 posted on 08/25/2016 5:35:13 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: PROCON

I would be too embarrassed to let my name be associated with such stupid behavior.

The gun worked just like it was supposed to. The shooter was defective. End of story.


46 posted on 08/25/2016 5:36:55 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: PROCON

The idiot was adding accessories on a loaded weapon? So much for the myth of the cop as a “trained professional.”


47 posted on 08/25/2016 5:45:33 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
100%... what a buffoon
48 posted on 08/25/2016 5:47:24 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: PROCON
Tex Grebner
49 posted on 08/25/2016 5:51:20 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
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To: TigersEye

lol


50 posted on 08/25/2016 5:52:03 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: PROCON

Trying to attach a Tactical light to a chambered gun? Effing brilliant. And this clown wants to advertise to the world How stupid he is?


51 posted on 08/25/2016 5:54:11 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obamca loves America)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Darwin awards top candidate if he had hit himself between the eyes. Unfortunately he has probably already bred and passed on the stupidity gene. Glock should win this one easily.


52 posted on 08/25/2016 5:59:53 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
So he was gunsmithing a loaded gun?

Sure - what could possible go wrong? /sarc

The stupid, it burns.

53 posted on 08/25/2016 6:02:11 PM PDT by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Good old Tex. I saw this before and his next apology video.

Lucky he didn't hit his femoral artery and bleed out.

54 posted on 08/25/2016 6:02:27 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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To: USMCPOP

Yes!

I even have badger paperclips for my rubber band gun!

Wise men fear me.


55 posted on 08/25/2016 6:03:40 PM PDT by Mad Dawg (Sta, si cum canibus magnis currere non potes, in portico.)
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To: PROCON
...when his Glock 19C pistol discharged unexpectedly...

Pistols...nay, ANY firearm, does NOT discharge unexpectedly.

I do not like Glocks...that dislike having nothing to do with the lack of a manual safety, more to do with the overall engineering and mechanics of the weapon, but when one places one's finger on the trigger, one should expect a discharge.

Period.

To argue the firearm is defective simply because one is too stupid to follow protocol when handling a firearm...is, well, stupid.

Attempting to install an accessory on a loaded firearm is even more stupid...as stupid as attempting to clean a loaded firearm.

You can't fix stupid, nor should stupid be compensated.

56 posted on 08/25/2016 6:03:50 PM PDT by OldSmaj (Voting for Hillary because she is a woman is like eating a turd because it looks like a Baby Ruth.)
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To: PROCON

He hasn’t suffered enough and should be thankful to be alive despite his stupidity.


57 posted on 08/25/2016 6:20:44 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: dsc
Guns are always loaded, no matter what.

Don't point a gun at something unless you intend to shoot it. He pointed it at his foot...

58 posted on 08/25/2016 6:21:18 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: yarddog
I would be too embarrassed

Stepped on a long spike in a field. Honest, Doc. Just patch me up and let me go home. Do you have a back exit from this place?

59 posted on 08/25/2016 6:22:39 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: PROCON

Sooo, a cop ( expert etc) attempted to attached a rail flashlight to his fully loaded Glock ( or any firearm). He shoots himself and he has the gall to try to sue? Okay.


60 posted on 08/25/2016 6:23:16 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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