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CITY OF GARY EX REL. KING v. SMITH & WESSON CORP.

No. 45A03-0105-CV-155.

776 N.E.2d 368 (2002)

CITY OF GARY, Indiana, by its Mayor, Scott L. KING, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. SMITH & WESSON CORP., Beretta U.S.A., Corp., Colt's Mfg. Co., Inc., Browning Arms Corp., Glock Corp., Charter Arms Corp., Hi-Point Firearms Corp., Navegar Inc., d/b/a/ Intratec U.S.A., Corp., B.L. Jennings Inc., Bryco Arms Corp., Phoenix Arms Corp., Lorcin Engineering Corp., Sturm, Ruger & Co., Corp., Taurus Firearms Corp., Davis Industries, Inc., Ameri-Pawn of Lake Station, Inc., Blythe's Sport Shop, Inc., Cash Indiana, Inc., Jack's Loan, Inc., Jim Shema's Outdoor Sports, Westforth Sports, Inc., and Does 1-225, Appellees-Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

September 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Anthony Walker, Lukas I. Cohen, James B. Meyer, Meyer & Wyatt, P.C., Gary, IN, Attorneys for Appellant.

James P. Dorr, Sarah L. Olsen, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, Terence M. Austgen, Elizabeth Bezak, Singleton, Crist, Austgen & Sears, Munster, IN, Attorneys for Manufacturer Appellees.

Richard A. Mayer, Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, PC, Merrillville, IN, Attorney for Appellees Browning Arms Co., Glock, Inc., and Hi-Point Firearms.

John Renzulli, Leonard Rosenbaum, Renzulli & Rutherford, LLP, New York, NY, Attorneys for Appellees Glock, Inc. and Hi-Point Firearms.

William M. Griffin, III, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, AR, Attorney for Appellee Browning Arms Co.

John Walter Mead, Mead, Mead & Clark, P.C., Salem, IN, Stacia L. Yoon, Kopko, Genetos & Retson LLP, Merrillville, IN, Michael C. Hewitt, Bruinsma & Hewitt, Costa Mesa, CA, Attorneys for Appellee Bryco Arms Corp.

Thomas E. Fennell, Michael L. Rice, Jones Day Reavis and Pogue, Dallas, TX, Robert F. Parker, Burke, Costanza & Cuppy, Merrillville, IN, Attorneys for Appellee Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Renee J. Mortimer, Hinshaw Culbertson, Munster, IN, Timothy A. Baumann, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenberg, Greenberg & Sade, Atlanta, GA, Attorneys for Appellee Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.

Timothy Atwood, Shelton, CT, Attorney for Appellees Charter Arms Co. and Interarms, Inc.

Michael Zomcik, Michael Branisa, Tarics & Carrington, Houston, TX, Attorneys for Appellee Phoenix Arms.

David C. Jensen, John M. McCrum, Eichhorn & Eichhorn, Hammond, IN, Lawrence S. Greenwald, Catherine A. Bledsoe, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC, Baltimore, MD, Attorneys for Appellee Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

David W. Pera, Buoscio, Pera & Kramer, Merrillville, IN, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Attorneys for Appellee Smith & Wesson Corp.

Kenneth D. Reed, John P. Reed, Abrahamson & Reed, Hammond, IN, Attorneys for Appellees Blythe's Sport Shop, Inc. and Jack's Loan, Inc.

John E. Hughes, Hoeppner, Wagner & Evans LLP, Merrillville, IN, Attorney for Appellee Cash Indiana, Inc.

Stephen E. Scheele, Goodman, Katz, Scheele & Bauswell, Highland, IN, Ihor A. Woloshansky, Merrillville, IN, Attorneys for Appellee Westforth Sports, Inc.

OPINION

BROOK, Chief Judge.

Case Summary1

Appellant-plaintiff City of Gary, Indiana, by its Mayor, Scott L. King ("the City"), appeals the trial court's dismissal of its suit against various handgun manufacturers, a handgun distributor, and various handgun dealers (collectively, "Appellees"). We affirm in part and...

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