DeROSA v. REMINGTON ARMS CO., INC.

No. 78 Civ. 110.

509 F.Supp. 762 (1981)

Concetta DeROSA, as Administratrix of the goods, chattels and credits of William V. DeRosa, deceased; and Concetta DeRosa, individually, Plaintiff, v. REMINGTON ARMS CO., INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

February 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Speiser & Krause, P. C., New York City, for plaintiff; Lawrence Goldhirsch, New York City, of counsel.

Crowe, McCoy, Agoglia, Fogarty & Zweibel, P. C., Mineola, N. Y., for defendant; Patrick J. Fogarty, Ray Carey, Mineola, N. Y., of counsel.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Chief Judge:

Defendant Remington Arms seeks to overturn a jury determination holding it partially liable, in negligence and strict liability, for the fatal injuries suffered by Suffolk County Police Officer William V. DeRosa when the Remington shotgun carried by one of his fellow officers was accidentally discharged. Officer DeRosa's widow brought this action contending that the force required to pull the trigger on the shotgun...

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