Stephen YOUNG et al., Appellees,
v.
BRYCO ARMS et al., Appellants.
Supreme Court of Illinois.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 18, 2004.
November 18, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Melissa Anne Maye, Yorkville, for appellant BrycoArms, Inc.
Robert L. Michels, of Winston & Strawn, Chicago, and Jeffrey S. Nelson and Tina M. Schaefer, of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant Smith & Wesson Corporation.
Mary Kay Scott and Stephen A. Kolodziej, of Brenner, Ford & Monroe, Ltd., Chicago, for appellant Breit & Johnson Sporting Goods, Inc.
William N. Howard, Daniel J. Voelker and Fred Foreman, of Freeborn & Peters, L.L.P., Chicago, for appellants Chuck's Gun Shop et al.
Jonathan K. Baum, James C. Murray, Jr., Bradley S. Rochlen and Kathy P. Josephson, of Katten, Muchin, Zavis & Rosenman, Thomas H. Geoghegan, of Depres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, and Locke E. Bowman and Jean MacLean Snyder, Chicago, for appellees.
Gino L. DiVito and Marnie A. Jensen, of Tabet, DiVito & Rothstein, L.L.C., Chicago, for amicus curiae National Association of Manufacturers.
James M. Beck, of Dechert, L.L.P., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Hugh F. Young, Jr., Reston, Virginia, of counsel), for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council.
Peter R. Coladarci, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyer's Association.
Gary S. Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Brett E. Legner and Laura Wunder, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, for amicus curiae Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois.
Supreme Court of Illinois.
Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:
The five plaintiffs in these three consolidated actions are the special administrators, as well as surviving family members, of individuals who were killed in the City of Chicago in crimes involving illegal firearms. In each case, the killer was either a minor or a young adult who had obtained the weapon from a minor. In three instances (plaintiffs Young, Smith, and Ceriale), the illegal weapons were recovered and...
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