POLLARD v. REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, LLC

No. 17-1818.

896 F.3d 900 (2018)

Ian POLLARD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, LLC; Sporting Goods Properties, Inc.; E.I. Du Pont Nemours and Company, Defendants-Appellees, v. Terry Pennington; Rodney Townsend Objectors. Lewis M. Frost; Richard Denney, Objectors-Appellants. Commonwealth of Massachusetts; District of Columbia; State of California; State of Hawaii; State of Illinois; State of Maine; State of Maryland; State of New Mexico; State of New York; State of Oregon; State of Pennsylvania; State of Rhode Island; State of Vermont; State of Washington, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s). State of Alabama; State of Arkansas; State of Louisiana; State of Michigan; State of Missouri; State of Nebraska; State of South Carolina; State of South Dakota; State of Utah; State of West Virginia; State of Wisconsin, Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Arsenault , Neblett & Beard, Alexandria, LA, Jordan L. Chaikin , Chaikin Law Firm, Fort Myers, FL, John R. Climaco , John Peca , Climaco & Wilcox, Cleveland, OH, Randall Seth Crompton , Eric D. Holland , Holland Law Firm, Saint Louis, MO, Christopher M. Ellis , Jon D. Robinson , Bolen & Robinson, Decatur, IL, W. Mark Lanier , Kevin P. Parker , Lanier Law Firm, Houston, TX, Timothy W. Monsees , Monsees & Miller, Kansas City, MO, Richard Ramler , Ramler Law Office, Belgrade, MT, Charles E. Schaffer , Levin & Sedran, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Molly S. Carella , Amy M. Crouch , Attorney, David Brenton Dwerlkotte , Shook & Hardy, Kansas City, MO, Andrew Arthur Lothson , Dale G. Wills , Swanson & Martin, Chicago, IL, John K. Sherk, III , Shook & Hardy, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Joshua C. Arisohn , Scott Bursor , Bursor & Fisher, New York, NY, J. Robert Ates , Destrehan, LA, Gary Gambel , Murphy & Rogers, New Orleans, LA, Mark T. Kempton , Kempton & Russell, Sedalia, MO, Steven M. Mauterer , Gretna, LA, Sarah Nicole Westcot , Bursor & Fisher, Walnut Creek, CA, Jennifer N. Willis , Willis & Buckley, New Orleans, LA, for Objector-Appellant Lewis M. Frost.

Scott Bursor , Bursor & Fisher, New York, NY, Mark T. Kempton , Kempton & Russell, Sedalia, MO, Sarah Nicole Westcot , Bursor & Fisher, Walnut Creek, CA, for Objector-Appellant Richard Denney.

Gary Klein , Assistant Attorney General, Dan Krockmalnic , Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Karl A. Racine , Attorney General's Office, Washington, DC, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant District of Columbia.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General's Office, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of California.

Douglas S. Chin , Attorney General's Office, Honolulu, HI, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of Hawaii.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of Illinois.

Janet T. Mills , Attorney General's Office, Augusta, ME, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of Maine.

Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General's Office, Baltimore, MD, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of Maryland.

Hector Baldares , Attorney General's Office, Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of New Mexico.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General's Office, New York, NY, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of New York.

Ellen F. Rosenbaum , Attorney General's Office, Salem, OR, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of Oregon.

Josh Shapiro , Attorney General's Office, Harrisburg, PA, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of Pennsylvania.

Peter F. Kilmartin , Attorney General's Office, Providence, RI, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of Rhode Island.

Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General's Office, Montpelier, VT, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of Vermont.

Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellant State of Washington.

Andrew Brasher , Attorney General's Office, Montgomery, AL, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee(s).

Before LOKEN, BENTON, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


Ian Pollard and others brought a class action complaint against Remington Arms Company, LLC; Sporting Goods Properties, Inc.; and E.I. Du Pont Nemours and Company (collectively "Remington"), in which they alleged certain Remington rifles were susceptible to unintentional firing without a trigger pull. Among other things...

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