CITY OF GARY EX REL. KING v. SMITH & WESSON CORP.

No. 2:99CV441.

94 F.Supp.2d 947 (2000)

CITY OF GARY, INDIANA, by its Mayor, Scott L. KING, Plaintiff, v. SMITH & WESSON CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Hammond Division.

April 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B Meyer, W Anthony Walker, Lukas I Cohen, Meyer & Godshalk PC, Gary, IN, Dennis A Henigan, Brian J Siebel, Jonathan E Lowy, The Center to Prevent Handgun, Violence, Legal Action Project, Washington, DC, for City of Gary, Ind., by its Mayor, Scott L. King, plaintiffs.

Terence M Austgen, Elizabeth M Bezak, Singleton Crist Austgen and Sears, Munster, IN, Anne Kimball, Unknown, James Dorr, Wildman Harrold Allen and Dixon, Chicago, IL, for Smith & Wesson Corp., Sturm Ruger & Co. Corp., defendants.

David C Jensen, John M McCrum, Eichhorn & Eichhorn, Hammond, IN, Lawrence S Greenwald, Gordon Feinblatt Rothman, Hoffberger and Hollander, Baltimore, MD, for Beretta USA Corp., defendant.

Richard A Mayer, Spangler Jennings and Dougherty, P C, Merrillville, IN, for Browning Arms Corp., Sigarms Corp., defendant.

Richard A. Mayer, Spangler Jennings and Dougherty, Merrillville, IN, John F Renzulli, John J McCarthy, III, Nancy Tunis, Renzulli and Rutherford, New York City for Glock Corp., defendant.

John F Renzulli, John J McCarthy, III, Nancy Tunis, Renzulli and Rutherford, New York, NY, for Hi-Point Firearms Corp., Kel-Tec CNC Corp., defendants.

John J Bullaro, Jr, Bullaro Carton and Stone, Munster, IN, for Navegar Inc., defendant.

John W Mead, Mead Mead & Clark PC, Salem, IN, Stacia L Yoon, Kopko Genetos and Retson, Merrillville, IN, for B.L. Jennings, Inc., Bryco Arms Corp., defendant.

Renee J Mortimer, Hinshaw and Culbertson, Munster, IN, for Taurus Firearms Corp., defendant.

Jon F Schmoll, Gregory J Tonner, Spangler Jennings and Dougherty P.C., Merrillville, IN, for American Shooting Sports Council, Inc, National Shooting Sprots Foundation, Inc., Sporting Arms & Ammunition, defendants.

Paul R Chael, Merrillville, IN, for Ameri-Pawn of Lake Station, Inc., defendant.

Kenneth D Reed, Abrahamson Reed and Adley, Hammond, IN, for Blythes Sport Shop, Inc., defendant.

John E Hughes, Hoeppner Wagner and Evans, Valparaiso, IN, for Cash Indiana, IN, defendant.

Barry D Sherman, Sherman and Allegretti, Hammond, IN, Kristen D Hill, Hammond, IN, for Jim Shema's Outdoor Sports, defendants.

Frederick J Ball, Goodman Ball Van-Bokkelen, Leonard and Kline, Highland, IN, Ihor Alexander Woloshansky, Barrister Court, Merrillville, IN, for Westforth Sports, Inc., defendant.


ORDER

MOODY, District Judge.

This case is one of a number of substantially similar actions filed by municipalities across the country seeking to hold the defendants, whose identities vary from case to case, but are firearms manufacturers and local retail outlets, liable under state tort law for negligently marketing and distributing firearms. Plaintiff City of Gary's ("Gary") complaint pleads three counts explicitly based solely on state law: public nuisance...

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