{"id":543,"date":"2016-03-08T08:10:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T14:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=543"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:41:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:41:40","slug":"court-considers-causation-issues-defective-gun-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/court-considers-causation-issues-defective-gun-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Considers Causation Issues in Defective Gun Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If someone is killed by a gunshot when no one else was around, a lot of questions are left unanswered. It can be unclear whether it was an accident or whether the victim intended to take his own life. Even if it was an accident, it may be unclear what caused the gun to go off. Was it the victim\u2019s own mistake, or was the gun defective? If a plaintiff wants to sue a gun manufacturer due to a defect, it can be a difficult case to prove. Plaintiffs often have to rely on experts to explain the defect and the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca11\/14-15662\/14-15662-2016-02-17.html\" target=\"_blank\">case<\/a>, a plaintiff struggled with these issues when she filed suit against Remington Arms Company, a gun manufacturer, after her husband died from a gunshot wound while hunting by himself. The plaintiff alleged that her husband died due to a defect in his gun, a Remington Model 700 bolt action rifle. After he failed to respond to text messages from his family, a family member went to look for him where he had been hunting. He was found dead in a tree stand with a single gunshot wound to his chest. His rifle was found on the ground 15\u00a0feet below where he was. The rifle\u2019s safety mechanism was off, there was a spent cartridge casing in the chamber of the rifle, and there was a rope attached to the rifle.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff\u2019s expert had filed a report stating that the rifle fired due to a defect in its trigger system. The Remington Model 700 rifle includes a &#8220;Walker&#8221; fire control system. This particular fire control system was unique because it included a specially designed trigger mechanism. According to the expert, rifles with \u201cWalker triggers\u201d had fired unexpectedly before. He stated that because of the unique design, dirt, moisture, or other residue could cause the connector within the rifle to fail to return to its proper position\u2014which then caused the rifle to fire. He stated that there was residue in the plaintiff\u2019s husband\u2019s rifle and that it could have hit a tree, the ground, or the rope, causing it to fire.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/court-considers-causation-issues-defective-gun-case\/#more-543\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If someone is killed by a gunshot when no one else was around, a lot of questions are left unanswered. It can be unclear whether it was an accident or whether the victim intended to take his own life. 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