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DELAHANTY v. HINCKLEY

No. 88-488.

564 A.2d 758 (1989)

Thomas K. DELAHANTY, et al., Appellants, v. John W. HINCKLEY, Jr., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic W. Schwartz, Jr., with whom Robert Cadeaux and James Taglieri, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Frank G. Jones, with whom Ben Taylor was on the brief, for appellees.

Before NEWMAN, FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Thomas and Jean Delahanty, appellants, filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against John Hinckley for injuries Thomas suffered when Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. The Delahantys also sued the manufacturer of the gun, R.G. Industries, Inc., its foreign parent company, Roehm, and individual officers of Roehm. Appellants advanced three legal theories for holding the gun manufacturers...

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