In an unprecedented case, two police officers just won their lawsuit against a gun store

[Bubzer]

Two Milwaukee police officers were shot by the same man, both seriously and permanently injured. They brought a lawsuit against the gun store, which had once been "ranked as the number one crime gun dealer in America." They sued the gun store for negligence, something law experts said would be a tough case to win.
Late yesterday, a jury disagreed with the experts and awarded Officer Kunisch and Officer Norberga win!


Jurors sided with the officers, ruling that the store was negligent. Jurors ordered the store to pay Norberg $1.5 million, Kunisch $3.6 million and punitive damages of $730,000.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/14/1432129/-In-an-unprecedented-case-two-police-officers-just-won-their-lawsuit-against-a-gun-store?detail=facebook

[Human101948]

1. NRA comment?

Hello? Hello?

[madville]

2. Interesting but they still have a long fight ahead

This was just the first step. They won't get any award until appeals are played out and that will take years.

And it won't go before a jury as it goes through the appeal process, judges will now decide if it was a just verdict or not. Those judges will likely have a less sympathetic and compassionate lens than a jury.