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Portland(OR) officer sues Glock for millions
Oregonlive ^
| 2/8/06
| Ashbel S. Green
Posted on 02/08/2006 9:23:25 PM PST by DuckFan4ever
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In Portland, they just might find 12 people who will award 53 million for this.
To: DuckFan4ever; adam_az; American in Israel; Ancesthntr; aragorn; archy; Badray; buccaneer81; cc2k; ..
Ka-Boom!
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:27:10 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: DuckFan4ever
"Pirv was one of two Portland officers injured while firing .45-caliber Glocks in March 2004, prompting Portland Police Chief Derrick Foxworth to order the recall of the weapons carried by 230 officers. The bureau replaced them with 9mm Glocks. "Great fix! Replace a powerful, effective plastic gun with a lower power, ineffective plastic gun. DUH!
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:34:36 PM PST
by
de Buillion
(The French have always been there when they needed us.)
To: DuckFan4ever
The guy wants $50M in puni's?? What a whack job! He must hate being a cop so much that he is trying to hit the lottery here and get off the force.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:35:03 PM PST
by
bpjam
(Now accepting liberal apologies.....)
To: Travis McGee
Glocks can have kB! problems, but if this is the incident I recall, the Portland PD was using +P ammo, which (surprise!) the Glock manual warns against.
RTFM, ya dumbs***s.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:35:11 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Travis McGee
According to the anti gunners, The Lawful Commerce in Arms Act just passed would not allow any lawsuits against gun companies.
Thus proving yet again the anti gunners are total liars.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:35:16 PM PST
by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: Spktyr
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:36:14 PM PST
by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: Spktyr
Confirms my first suspicion that the ammo was bad or the wrong type as you say.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:46:24 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
To: DuckFan4ever
The lawsuit names Glock and two ammunition-makers, Federal Cartridge Company and Alliant Technosystems, also known as ATK. Why is he suing two cartridge companies? Does he not know what ammo was in the gun?
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:48:20 PM PST
by
supercat
(Sony delenda est.)
To: headstamp
My understanding was that that act barred strict liability claims. I assume that this is a case for manufacturer's negligence.
To: supercat
Maybe one cartridge company is the parent company of the other. That's the only shoe that fits.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:51:21 PM PST
by
Supernatural
(All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie! bob dylan)
To: bpjam
He's not going to get that much. It's limited to a ratio of 9:1 against actual damages, at the most. BMW v. Gore. No, not THAT Gore.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:53:06 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: dynachrome
"first suspicion that the ammo was bad or the wrong type "I find it very hard to accept "bad" ammo. Wrong type, very easy to believe. Defective gun-? I, myself, don't trust plastic guns.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:54:11 PM PST
by
de Buillion
(The French have always been there when they needed us.)
To: Supernatural
Maybe Federal assembles all the bits and boxes it, but ATK makes the projectiles and powder? Or a different combination of the above.
To: de Buillion
Defective ammo would be a better way to put it.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:55:48 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
To: mylife
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:58:42 PM PST
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: DuckFan4ever
Anything less would be uncivilized!
To: Henchster
Could be. I guess the bottom line is that the lawyers will go after any company that isn't bankrupt yet. They have liability insurance and assets to go after.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:58:54 PM PST
by
Supernatural
(All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie! bob dylan)
To: DuckFan4ever
Pirv. With a name like that how did he make it through high school with half his sanity intact. Every time the roll is called the class would be giggling
Anyhow. How badly did he get hurt -- only cosmetic damage, or loss of function? They say he's still on the force, patrolling... maybe the sight of that guy's face is enough to drop a crook? ...
To: supercat
"Why is he suing two cartridge companies? Does he not know what ammo was in the gun? "It is not a normally publicly known fact about which powder is in factory ammo, but there is a powder manufacturer named Alliant, I believe.
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posted on
02/08/2006 10:01:15 PM PST
by
de Buillion
(The French have always been there when they needed us.)
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