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.
That's the opening statement Glock's lawyer should tell the jury.
Short trial.
revolvers have fewer safety features than a Glock. Should Smith and Wesson and Colt be sued for manufacturing unsafe firearms too? I’m sure they will be if this lawsuit is successful of course (along with every other firearm manufacturer).
Know it all LEO. Probably wanted to shoot a few dogs at night.
Better to sue the manufacturer than set aside your ego and admit you fkkd up.
Would have expected more from someone with sworn status.
Two points.
#1, They’ve been manufacturing revolvers for about 175 years, and out of the millions and millions that have been made, only about two of them had a manual safety (and that was two more than necessary).
#2, The Glock in the photo has pignose.
Wait until Hillary becomes POTUS. She wants Firearm Manufacturers to be responsible for the Illegal Use of their Products.
I Guess the Automakers should be held to the same standard, especially after the Allah Akbar incident in Nice involving the Truck.
He didn't drop the gun, until after he shot himself I assume. When dropped, did it unexpectedly fire again?
This guy is going to lose, bigtime.
I’ve had multiple ‘loaded’ Glocks for years. Never had a problem.....
I have a Glock 19. I was out shooting it one day. After the last shot the slide locked back. I released the slide and it closed normally. Now you all know to disassemble a Glock you have to pull the trigger. What I didn’t realize was I had a failure to feed so there was a live round still in there. Guess what happened next.
“Don’t point a gun at something unless you intend to shoot it.”
Ever. One must always treat every gun as if it were loaded.
Pointed in a safe directon,,,
It go Boom?
Ditto
He used it 13 years and didn’t figure out the safety is on the trigger?
Sounds like a clear case of mishandling a loaded weapon. He wouldn’t get much sympathy from me.
You shot your foot? :-)
It’s a shame that he was hit in the foot, and not in the testicles.
Someone this stupid should not be allowed to breed!
Reminds me of this guy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP6UvNgbqIA
Mark
Agreed. Worn firearm, defective firearm, perfect firearm - if you follow the rules, you stay safe. Violate the rules, you might get away with it, even numerous times. Eventually your luck runs out and someone gets hurt.
He should have to pay a "stupid tax" just to handle a weapon.
My Sigs don’t have manual safeties either. I have rail mounted a couple Siglights without shooting myself, too.
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