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HALLIDAY v. STURM, RUGER & Co., INc.

No. 54, Sept. Term, 2001.

792 A.2d 1145 (2002)

368 Md. 186

Melissa M. HALLIDAY v. STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied April 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew D. Freeman (Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Paul F. Strain (M. King Hill, III, Mitchell Y. Mirviss of Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP, Baltimore; James P. Dorr, James B. Vogts of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, all on briefs), for respondent.

M. Kristen Rand, Matthew S. Nosanchuk, Washington, DC, on brief of amicus curiae the Violence Policy Center on behalf of petitioner.

Leslie E. Klein, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Patrick A. Malone, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC; Dennis A. Henigan, Jonathan E. Lowy, Allen A. Rostron, Daniel R. Vice, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Washington, DC, of counsel, amicus curiae brief of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence*, American Jewish Congress, American Medical Student Ass'n, American Public Health Ass'n†, Baltimore Physicians for Social Responsibility†, Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence†, Marylanders Against Handgun Abuse, National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People, and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, filed on behalf of petitioner.

Argued before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, and BATTAGLIA, JJ.

WILNER, Judge.

This case arises from the tragic death of Jordan Garris. In June, 1999, Jordan shot himself while playing with his father's handgun. Jordan's mother, petitioner here, seeks to hold the manufacturer of the handgun, respondent Sturm, Ruger & Co. (Sturm Ruger), liable for Jordan's death. The Circuit Court for Baltimore City, by granting respondent's motion for summary judgment, found no liability. A divided...

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