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SMITH & WESSON v. CITY OF ATLANTA

Nos. S00A1530, S00A1533.

543 S.E.2d 16 (2001)

273 Ga. 431

SMITH & WESSON CORPORATION et al. v. CITY OF ATLANTA et al. Glock, Inc. et al. v. City of Atlanta et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew, Eckl & Farnham, James M. Poe, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, David J. Bailey, Rogers & Hardin, Richard H. Sinkfield, Tony G. Powers, Kimberly L. Myers, King & Spalding, Richard A. Schneider, William R. Bassett, Jr., Cofer, Beauchamp, Stradley & Hicks, Frank R. Seigel, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Matthew W. Clarke, David M. Brown, Dennis, Corry & Porter, R. Clay Porter, Alisa W. Terry, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum & Greenberg, Timothy A. Bumann, for Smith & Wesson Corp. et al.

Susan P. Langford, Willie J. Lovett, Jr., Cheryl D. Cofield, Mills, Moraitakis & Kushel, Nicholas C. Moraitakis, Hezekiah Sistrunk, Jr., Ernest L. Greer, for City of Atlanta et al.

Alfred L. Evans, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, amicus curiae.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

On February 4, 1999, the City of Atlanta filed suit in the State Court of Fulton County against a number of firearms manufacturers, distributors, and trade associations to recover damages the City allegedly incurred in expenses associated with the manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion, and sale of defective, negligently designed and unreasonably dangerous firearms. Five days later, in response...

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