Saturday August 12 10:48 AM ET
Court Says City Can't Sue Gun Makers for Damages
Yahoo - Gun News
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Saying it did not want to open a ''Pandora's box'' for
lawsuits against other industries, an appeals court has upheld a judge's
decision to throw out a suit by the city of Cincinnati seeking to recover
millions of dollars from gun manufacturers.
In its unanimous decision Friday, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals
likened the city suit to the ``absurdity'' of suing the makers of matches
because of losses from arson. Cincinnati had joined with more than 30 other
cities nationwide in attempting to recover enormous monetary sums from gunmakers
for crime and violence done with guns.
The appellate court's opinion said the city suit was fatally flawed because
it had failed to link any direct damages from gun violence to specific
gun-manufacturer defendants.
``Manufacturers have no duty to give warnings about the obvious dangers of
handguns,'' the court's majority opinion said.
``Were we to decide otherwise, we would open a Pandora's box. The city could
sue the manufacturers of matches for arson, or automobile manufacturers for
traffic accidents, or breweries for drunken driving.''
Attorney Stanley Chesley, representing the city of Cincinnati, said he would
ask the City Council to authorize him to appeal Friday's ruling to the Ohio
Supreme Court.
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