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Product Liability

May 22, 2003

Gunmakers Go Bankrupt After Trial

SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda County trial judge dismissed the jury Tuesday in the final phase of a $51 million firearms product liability case after learning the key defendant had filed for bankruptcy.

By Karen Coleman
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda County trial judge dismissed the jury Tuesday in the final phase of a $51 million firearms product liability case after learning the key defendant had filed for bankruptcy.
        The bankruptcy petitions were filed May 14, a week...

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