SCHALL v. STURM, RUGER CO., INC.

21874

278 S.C. 646 (1983)

300 S.E.2d 735

Michael David SCHALL and Margaret Ann Kowalski Schall, Plaintiffs, v. STURM, RUGER CO., INC., Defendant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don C. Gibson, Mount Pleasant, for plaintiffs.

Joseph H. McGee and Burnet R. Maybank, III, Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, Charleston, for defendant.

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser and Ernest J. Nauful, Jr., of Nauful & Ellis, Columbia, for South Carolina Defense Trial Attys. Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Stephen G. Morrison and Richard H. Willis of Nelson, Mullins, Grier & Scarborough, Columbia, for Volkswagen Aktiengeselleschaft, amicus curiae.

H. Fred Kuhn, Jr., of Moss, Bailey, Dore & Jessee, Beaufort, for South Carolina Trial Lawyers Ass'n, amicus curiae.


March 9, 1983.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

Under the provisions of Rule 46, Rules of Practice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, the following question has been certified to this Court by the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina: "Does a cause of action in strict liability exist under Section 15-73-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, in favor of a party injured after July 9, 1974, by a...

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