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Thursday, October 8, 2026
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Pistol explosion

OPELIKA, Ala. — A federal court in Alabama, on remand from the 11th Circuit, denied the pistol manufacturer Taurus’s motion to dismiss breach-of-warranty claims brought by a woman who says her firearm “blew apart” at a firing range, resulting in face and eye injuries to her husband, who had gifted the pistol to her. The court “will not ignore a clear directive” from the appellate court to allow her claim to proceed to discovery.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Briefs, Consumers, Personal Injury

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