BENDER v. COLT INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 35698.

517 S.W.2d 705 (1974)

Jack BENDER, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. COLT INDUSTRIES, INC., and Goodman's Inc., Defendants, Colt Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Two.

December 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Ely, Robertson, Ely & Wieland, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

Robert F. Summers, Klamen, Summers & Compton, St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


STEWART, Judge.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by respondent, hereafter referred to as plaintiff, when a revolver purchased by him from defendant, Goodman's, Inc., a retailer, and manufactured by defendant-appellant, Colt Industries, Inc., hereinafter referred to as defendant, discharged when it fell out of plaintiff's pocket onto a concrete platform. The gun was Colt's Single Action Army Revolver. The cause was pleaded and submitted...

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