RAINES v. COLT INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 90-CV-70391-DT.

757 F.Supp. 819 (1991)

Beverly RAINES, Personal Representative of the Estate of Kent Lanell Raines, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. COLT INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, and Nathaniel Davis, a Michigan resident, jointly and severally, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

March 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. Amicone, Michael T. Materna, Fred A. Custer, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiffs.

John E.S. Scott, Richard L. Caretti, Patricia C. Mallon, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Detroit, Mich., James P. Dorr, Steven E. Danekas, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for Colt Industries.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZATKOFF, United States District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a products liability case in which plaintiff seeks monetary compensation for the death of her decedent. In her complaint, plaintiff avers three counts. Count I outlines plaintiff's claim that Colt Industries ("defendant")1 was negligent in designing and manufacturing its Huntsman semi-automatic pistol (the "gun") and that it...

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