MERRILL v. NAVEGAR, INC.

No. S083466.

110 Cal.Rptr.2d 370 (2001)

26 Cal.4th 465

28 P.3d 116

Marilyn MERRILL et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. NAVEGAR, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

August 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, Dennis A. Henigan, Brian J. Siebel and Allen K. Rostron for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Jane Elizabeth Lovell, San Francisco, Frank N. Hinman, Philip A. Ferrari; Vaca, Vaca & Ritter, Werner & Burke and Christopher G. Ritter for Plaintiffs and Appellants Marilyn Merrill, Donald Michael Merrill, Kristin Merrill and Michael Merrill.

Alper & McCulloch and Dean A. Alper, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant Charles Lewis Ross.

Cotchett & Pitre, Frank M. Pitre and Mark Molumphy, Burlingame, for Plaintiff and Appellant Michelle Scully.

Law Offices of Mitchell J. Green and Mitchell J. Green for Plaintiffs and Appellants Deanna L. Eaves and Roy B. Eaves.

Jaffe, Trutanich, Scatena & Blum and Fred M. Blum, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Carol Marie Kingsley, Zachary Kingsley Berman and Jack Berman.

Morrison & Foerster, James B. Bennett, Cam Baker and Kimberly Echardt for Plaintiffs and Appellants Stephen Sposato, Jody Jones Sposato and Meghan Sposato.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Frederick Brown and Carl W. Chamberlain for Plaintiffs" and Appellants Carol Ernsting and David Sutcliffe.

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Charles Ferguson, San Francisco, and Michael B. Schwarz for the Educational Fund to End Handgun Violence as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Latham & Watkins, Ernest J. Getto, Karen R. Leviton, Los Angeles, and Tanya M. Acker for Defendant and Respondent.

John H. Findley, Sacramento, and Stephen R. McCutcheon for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Hugh F. Young, Jr., and Harvey M. Grossman for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


CHIN, J.

On July 1, 1993, Gian Luigi Ferri killed eight people and wounded six—and then killed himself—during a shooting rampage at 101 California Street, a high-rise office building in San Francisco. Survivors and representatives of some of Ferri's victims (plaintiffs) sued defendant Navegar, Inc. (Navegar), which made two of the three weapons Ferri used.

We granted review to determine whether plaintiffs may hold Navegar liable on a common law...

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