I remember a case in Seattle about 25 years ago. A woman gave birth to a baby with FAS. They sued Jim Beam (IIRC) and lost. I remember it because I was waiting at the bus stop outside the courthouse the afternoon after the couple lost the case and the local news media interviewed me and asked my opinion.
It ended up on the evening TV news that night and the next day I was in court on a jury on another case and there was some hushed conversation between the attorneys and the judge. They then excused the entire jury except me and asked if I was the one in the news story. I said I was. They then wanted to know if it would affect my opinion on the current case. I said it was not germane to our case and they let it go.
Heck, the case I was involved with was about a guy who lost his leg because a doctor used artificial vein to fix a problem.
But this whole post is TMI.
Bottom line is that it’s ridiculous to hold a manufacturer responsible for the missuse of their product. They should only be responsible when it fails to function properly. And when a bad guy uses a gun to shoot a person, it functioned properly. The shooter is the problem.
I like TMI posts, they give depth to the point.