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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

Glock is a handgun with no safety ..... just like a revolver is a handgun with no safety, but that Glock has mo boolits .....:o)

All safety is between ones ears per my experience.


81 posted on 08/26/2016 5:01:30 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: glock rocks; Lurker; MileHi; Travis McGee; Joe Brower; PROCON

Yep ..... cerakoted the thread protector on my Glock barrel a bright neon orange color so its seen and known to all as just a “toy” and will never hurt anyone..... even the dildo bearing protesters in Austin find that an acceptable gun control law modification they seek during the day while they rant the other 18 hours a day that drug control laws “don’t work” .....

I’m a helper.


82 posted on 08/26/2016 5:16:55 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: PROCON

The only thing Glock should offer in compensation is a free firearm safety course for the doofuss...


83 posted on 08/26/2016 5:36:53 AM PDT by Popman (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: PROCON

When are they going to try the FENCE POST that BEAT and MURDERED my 16 year old who was mentally and physically 12 yrs old on his way home from school, he was ambushed and murdered by a SOCIOPATH who wanted to SEE WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO KILL and pick my defenseless child less than a block from our home? LIBTARD AG PLEA BARGAINED HIS SENTENCE DOWN FROM MURDER 1 TO MURDER 2, GAVE HIM 20 YRS, 10 MONTHS LATER I WAS FIGHTING THE FIRST OF 6 PAROLE HEARINGS. EKED OUT 12.5 YRS before he MAXED OUT HIS “GOOD BEHAVIOR TIME” was not a model prisoners. Now walks the streets of Tennessee a free man, and some LIBTARD wants me to give up my gun? KISS MY SOUTHERN GRITS and PRY IT OUT OF MY COLD DEAD HANDS!


84 posted on 08/26/2016 6:41:42 AM PDT by GailA (If politicians won't keep their promises to the Military, they won't keep them to you!)
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To: Squantos

The only way to make this pistol safe for this moron is to take it away from him.

L


85 posted on 08/26/2016 6:54:58 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Squantos
"cerakoted the thread protector on my Glock barrel a bright neon orange color"

Bwahahahahah! That's brilliant. I'm gonna have to do that.

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

I'm sure there's a federal law being broken there somewhere. What's new?

86 posted on 08/26/2016 6:58:13 AM PDT by Joe Brower (The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

“i just (censored) shot myself!!

I giggle every time I see it.

CC


87 posted on 08/26/2016 7:09:27 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Squantos
Yep ..... cerakoted the thread protector on my Glock barrel a bright neon orange color so its seen and known to all as just a “toy” and will never hurt anyone.....

Simply genius... {:0)

88 posted on 08/26/2016 7:23:48 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: PROCON

Larry Jones....you are an idiot.


89 posted on 08/26/2016 11:37:47 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: PROCON

No I didn’t shoot my foot.


90 posted on 08/26/2016 5:22:26 PM PDT by fulltlt
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To: Big Red Badger

Pointed in a safe directon,,,
It go Boom?

Yeah, basically that’s what happened.


91 posted on 08/26/2016 5:23:50 PM PDT by fulltlt
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To: fulltlt

Good to Hear That ,
I was starting to worry.


92 posted on 08/26/2016 5:30:28 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Chode

Awesome. I’ve posted the video in the past, but that’s a handy graphic for sure.


93 posted on 08/26/2016 5:40:36 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: fulltlt

So, how’s your foot doing? :-)


94 posted on 08/26/2016 6:06:53 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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To: PROCON

See post #90


95 posted on 08/26/2016 6:22:49 PM PDT by fulltlt
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To: fulltlt

I was just joshin’ ya :-)


96 posted on 08/26/2016 6:53:17 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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To: Squantos

LOL ... I’m certain yer “help” is appreciated by the Austin crowd. I carry a P229 on my hip in a fibbie high rider under my t-shirt. Freekin obvious what that bulge might be. No one’s ever said boo.

I take my help to a hoodie if I want true concealment, just following the law, boss.


97 posted on 08/26/2016 8:30:01 PM PDT by glock rocks (Black Labs Matter)
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To: FreedomPoster
yup, buffoon supreme... or is that baboon supreme
98 posted on 08/26/2016 9:24:53 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: glock rocks

F.L.E.T.C from Galco is my favorite when forced to go Brooks Brothers. Very nice rigs.

Stay Safe !!


99 posted on 08/27/2016 7:11:34 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Squantos

If I’m wearing denim or black, my constant is the Galco Yaqui Slide. The paddle is convenient, but the belt slotted model hugs the hip better. Got two of each type for both sides, in medium and large frame size. I’m ambi. Galco is top drawer gear. I’ve got other Galcos, but these speed slides have been my go-tos for years.

If I have to get gussied up, (oh, stop it, it’s happened) I’ve found the DeSantis Mad Max to be the most comfortable, and it’s wildly adjustable and configurable. sob, iwb, high ride, fibbie cant ... make your choice. Move this, adjust that ... ta da.

My shorts and Tivas holster is a front fanny pack that holds the G30 or P229 and a half dozen mags, and it’s got a big embroidered Nikon patch on the front. (Smile, wait for flash.)

Stay safe, backatcha.


100 posted on 08/27/2016 4:49:33 PM PDT by glock rocks (Black Labs Matter)
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