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RIORDAN v. INTERNATIONAL ARMAMENT CORP.

Nos. 83-2110, 83-2164 cons.

132 Ill. App.3d 642 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 1293

LORETTO FLYNN RIORDAN, Indiv. and as Special Adm'r of the Estate of James J. Riordan, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL ARMAMENT CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees. — MARSHA BURKS, Indiv. and as Adm'r of the Estate of Alvin Burks, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SMITH & WESSON COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed April 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., of Chicago (Philip H. Corboy, Ralph L. Brill, and David A. Novolselsky, of counsel), for appellants.

Haskell & Perrin, of Chicago (Donald M. Haskell and Brian H. Boyle, of counsel), for appellee Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, GmbH.

Philip C. Stahl and Daniel A. Edelman, both of Reuben & Proctor, of Chicago, for appellee International Armament Corporation.

Anne G. Kimball, James D. Fibber, and Cal R. Burnton, all of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago, for appellee Smith & Wesson Company.

Order affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

These consolidated appeals present the issue of whether a cause of action in tort exists in Illinois against the manufacturers and distributors of handguns for injuries caused by the criminal misuse of their handguns by third parties.

On June 6, 1981, James J. Riordan was killed when, while attempting to restrain an individual...

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