2000-CA- 1132 MAYOR MARC H. MORIAL, AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. SMITH & WESSON CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

State: Louisiana

Court: Supreme Court

Docket No: 00ca1132.opn

Case Date: 04/03/2001

Plaintiff: 2000-CA- 1132 MAYOR MARC H. MORIAL, AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

Defendant: SMITH & WESSON CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

Preview:SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 00-CA-1132

MAYOR MARC H. MORIAL, AND THE
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
v.
SMITH & WESSON CORPORATION, ET AL.

ON APPEAL FROM THE
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS
HONORABLE LLOYD J. MEDLEY, JUDGE

KIMBALL, Justice
In 1998, the Mayor and the City of New Orleans filed suit against the firearms industry for damages allegedly suffered by the City related to the manufacture, marketing, promotion, and sale of unreasonably dangerous firearms. Subsequently, the legislature enacted La. R.S. 40:1799, which purports to preclude such suits by abolishing the City

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