TRESPALACIOS v. VALOR CORP. OF FLORIDA

Nos. 84-2560, 85-155.

486 So.2d 649 (1986)

Ramon TRESPALACIOS, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Juan Ramon Trespalacios, Deceased, for the Use and Benefit of the Estate of Juan Ramon Trespalacios, Deceased, for Magda Caridad Romeu Hernandez, Surviving Spouse of Decedent, Individually, and for Ramon Trespalacios and Mirled Trespalacios, Surviving Minor Children of Decedent, by and through Their Natural Grandfather and Next Friend, Ramon Trespalacios, Appellants, v. VALOR Corporation of Florida, a Florida Corporation, and Ithaca Gun Company, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hershoff & Levy and Jay M. Levy, Miami, for appellants.

Haddad, Josephs & Jack and Lewis N. Jack, Coral Gables, for appellee, Valor Corp. of Florida.

No appearance for appellee, Ithaca Gun Co., Inc.

Before BARKDULL, FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

This case arose out of an August 20, 1982 incident where the decedent, along with seven other individuals, was shot and killed by a mad gunman, Carl Robert Brown, using a recently purchased "riot and combat" shotgun. Suit was instituted against the seller of the weapon, the distributor, and the manufacturer on theories of negligence and strict product liability. This appeal is taken from the order of the trial court which dismissed the case as to...

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