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GOWER v. SAVAGE ARMS, INC.

No. 99-CIV-1572.

166 F.Supp.2d 240 (2001)

John GOWER, Jr. and Debra Gower v. SAVAGE ARMS, INC. et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

July 31, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc I. Rickles, Mel D. Kardos, Kardos, Rickles, Sellers & Heley, Newton, PA, for Plaintiff.

Joel Friedman, Dilworth, Paxson, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Jonathan M. Field, Edelstein, Mintzer & Sarowitz, Philadelphia, PA, for Savage Arms, Inc., Savage Industries, Inc., and Savage Sports Corp.

John P. Penders, Jenifer M. Lener, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin, Philadelphia, PA, for Emhart Corp., Black & Decker, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, John and Debra Gower, seek to hold Savage Arms, Inc. and Savage Sports Corporation liable for compensatory and punitive damages under a theory of "successor liability" for injuries John Gower sustained when his hunting rifle discharged inadvertently, shooting him in the foot.1 Gower alleges that the rifle was defective as follows. First, it was designed so...

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