E-MAIL THIS LINK
To: 

Gun dealer sues widow for legal fees
Maybe this will change a few minds?
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A gun distributor that won a lawsuit brought by the widow of slain Lake Worth teacher Barry Grunow wants her to pay its legal fees but won’t go after her personal assets.
(Vindictive and Compassionate)
The Valor Corp. is suing Pam Grunow as a representative of her husband’s estate, the gun dealer’s attorney Tom Warner said Friday. The company says it is entitled to recover legal costs because Grunow lost her lawsuit accusing the Broward County company of being responsible for her husband’s death. Valor sold the .25-caliber handgun that Lake Worth Middle School student Nathaniel Brazill used to kill Barry Grunow on the last day of school in 2000.
(LEGALLY sold it to an Adult)
Brazill, who was 13 when he shot Grunow outside a classroom, stole the gun from the home of a family friend. Brazill was convicted of second-degree murder in 2001 and sentenced to 28 years in prison.
(Sounds like the Family friend should have been the target of the suit. But I guess a Gun Dealer is a bigger target.)
Pam Grunow’s attorney, Rebecca Larson, said the widow was worried about losing her house if she was forced by the court to reimburse the gun company. The estate has no assets, Larson said.
(’All I wanted was a modest out-of-court settlement.’ I would have named Ms. Larson in the counter-suit. I guess it was ok for the Gun dealer to pay?)
A jury found Valor partially responsible for the teacher’s death and awarded Pam Grunow and her two children $1.2 million, but Circuit Judge Jorge Labarga threw out the verdict. The lawsuit claimed the Saturday night special handgun sold by Valor was inherently defective and should be sold only with safety locks.
(I like Jorge but I can bet the Dems would block him if his name comes up in committee.)
Note: I feel for the woman’s loss but someone sold her that she won some ’lawsuit sweepstakes’ (Ms. Larson perhaps?). She should have sued the family that allowed that child to have access to the gun. I would take my pound of flesh out of her lawyer for this lawsuit.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-07-30
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=17098