Canadian Court Rules Gun Maker Smith & Wesson Can Be Liable for 2018 Shooting

[mikeyp]

Canadian Court Rules Gun Maker Smith & Wesson Can Be Liable for 2018 Shooting

A Canadian court ruled that victims of a 2018 shooting in Toronto have a viable legal claim of negligence against Smith & Wesson for failing provide safeguards on the gun used by the shooter.

www.wsj.com

TORONTO—A Canadian court ruled Friday that victims of a 2018 shooting in Toronto have a viable legal claim of negligence against gun maker Smith & Wesson Corp. for failing provide safeguards on the gun used by the shooter.

Judge Paul Perell of the Superior Court of Ontario said in the ruling that a stolen Smith & Wesson handgun used by the shooter didn’t include available smart gun technology that restricts use to authorized individuals. Such a lapse, he said, is sufficient grounds for the families to proceed with their class action.

 

[cfbackrow]

next time someone hot-wires a car and kills someone that automaker should be sued....if that is the logic they are following...idiots

 

[ProGun]

Insane logic.

 

[Davidk]

Judge Paul Perell of the Superior Court of Ontario said in the ruling that a stolen Smith & Wesson handgun used by the shooter didn’t include available smart gun technology that restricts use to authorized individuals.

Judge Paul Perrell didn't include smart brain technology that restricts stupidity. He should be disbarred

 

[Admin]

Judge Paul Perell of the Superior Court of Ontario said in the ruling that a stolen Smith & Wesson handgun used by the shooter didn’t include available smart gun technology that restricts use to authorized individuals. Such a lapse, he said, is sufficient grounds for the families to proceed with their class action.

Paul Perell opened up a big can of worms...

 

[EC1]

does he have to apologize for being an idiot?

 

[Junior314]

What happens if S&W refused to pay and refused to do any business in Canada going forward?

 

[EC1]

by extension, if a cop has his gun stolen and someone is killed with it who's responsible, if its the manufacturer, I'd guess it would time to stop doing any business with canada including all of the police and the armed forces.

 

[Chevy 2 65]

The judge is a f***ing idiot. Then knives, baseball bat, hockey stick, hammer etc.. companies can be sued if any of their products are used in a murder.
and people can sue alcohol makers for DUI deaths.

 

[Davidk]

We will be bombarded with this stuff until judges are held liable for their stupidity, prosecutors are held liable for malicious and political prosecution, plaintiffs are liable for frivolous lawsuits and politicians are jailed for lying. In other words, it will never stop.

 

[Path-Finder]

Who cares? Smith and Wesson is in the USA. Smith should tell that loser country to FOAD.

 

[SFC13557]

Who cares? Smith and Wesson is in the USA. Smith should tell that loser country to FOAD.

Exactly! It's Canada for Christ's sake, just another anti-gun foreign judge.

 

[TrashcanDan]

Unless C Eh? N Eh? D Eh? required all new firearms to be sold with smartgun tech on or after a certain date, then its a big potato festival clown show.

 

[mikeyp]

then its a big potato festival clown show.

How often is it not that though?

 

[PATRON]

Canada has been working it's way to ban guns all together,so this judge is setting everything up just for that.
The gun companies will pull out in fear of getting sued,thus making it harder for the people to find guns for purchase.

 

[snax]

This is great news. I got blacked out on Canadian Club and Molsen XXX one night in Montreal, and someone drew a huge penis on my forehead. I still have emotional trauma. I'm suing Canada.

Seriously.. People will just sue anybody. Remember the nightclub fire? Everybody, even the companies that advertised on the coasters got sued. They all settled.

Along those lines, if I'm injured this winter in a car accident.... I'll sue Honda for not having the best available AWD system in my truck, I'll sue Michelin because my all season tires weren't effective enough in winter (a season) I'll sue the town it happens in for not doing a good enough job clearing snow, only using salt, not a more effective ice melter, and for having roads that didn't provide enought traction, the asphalt company that made the asphalt, and the contractor that laid down the asphalt. Am I forgetting anybody? Oh yes... all the subcontractors that Honda uses for wheels, brakes, sub assemblies, etc.

 

[Compooky]

Wouldn't this be an easy case for S&W to win? All they have to do is take a firearm with "smart gun technology" then break it and make it functional.

 

[Sniper (+)]

If I ever get rear ended by a drunk driver I'm suing the driver, the dealer he/she bought the car from, the manufacturer, their mechanic, and the last gas station they got gas at. All those people should have been able to see the future.

 

[Drix]

One would think, that if there was no law requiring such technology, then there would be no requirement to include it.

 

[tuna]

What happens if S&W refused to pay and refused to do any business in Canada going forward?

Then S&W potentially loses dozens of dollars in Canadian sales.

 

[Junior314]

Then S&W potentially loses dozens of dollars in Canadian sales.

Sounds like a no brainer to tell them to F off then.

 

[Dennis in MA]

What happens if S&W refused to pay and refused to do any business in Canada going forward?

Then hopefully about 80% of the market follows in fear of having a future liability. Then Mounties can carry clubs and bear mace.

 

[Sparky123]

Of course, this crazy logic only applies to the firearms industry. What happens if someone steals a car and uses it to kill someone, can Ford or Honda be sued for that? No, they can't. Why? Because they are not trying to put the auto industry out of business.

 

[BOOTKNIFEFAN]

What happens if S&W refused to pay and refused to do any business in Canada going forward?

International treaties that honor judgments from foreign courts?

 

[cjbenway]

Does Canada make any firearms?
If not soon they won’t have any because we won’t be shipping to them.

 

[HARRYM]

Insane logic.

Well....Leftists are insane.

 

[DitchDigger]

What happens if S&W refused to pay and refused to do any business in Canada going forward?

If this goes forward there will be ZERO gun manufacturers doing business with Canada

 

[Asaltweapon]

Maybe Smith And Wesson can get a Queens pardon. You know, the pardon that they forgive any DWI for a fee.

 

[HARRYM]

Judge Paul Perell is not only Left but crazy Left. He has had several cases overturned by higher courts who stated he was way over the line. One was he was forcing Lawyers to donate some of their Legal Fees to Charity which is bat shit crazy stuff.

Let's see how the appeal goes.

 

[nstassel]

This argument will gain traction in the US soon. The only thing that prevents it is the bar on liability for gun manufacturers which is on the chopping block now.