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PATTERSON v. GESELLSCHAFT

No. CA 3-81-1006-R.

608 F.Supp. 1206 (1985)

Jett Edwards PATTERSON, individually and as representatives of the Estate of James Patterson, deceased, Plaintiff, v. Rohm GESELLSCHAFT, Heinrich Rohm, Sr., Guenter Rohm, William S. Kirk; and Heinrich Peter Rohm, individually and d/b/a R.G. Industries, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

May 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Windle Turley and John Howie, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff.

Robert G. Vial, Vial, Hamilton, Dallas, Tex., for defendants except Gesellschaft.

Robert F. Ruckman, Jackson Walker, Dallas, Tex., for Gesellschaft.

Chas. C. Sorrells, Dallas, Tex., for intervenor American Motorist Ins.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BUCHMEYER, District Judge.

This is a products liability action. The "product" involved is a Rohm .38 caliber revolver, a "Saturday Night Special."

However, this handgun is not defective. Admittedly, there was no malfunction because of some manufacturing error; the gun did not lack any necessary safety features; and, it performed exactly as a handgun is intended to do, by firing a bullet with deadly force when the trigger...

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