This lawsuit is stupid and frivolous. The gun instructor was responsible for his own death, and his family is not entitled to get rich on his own reckless conduct.
I agree. He should have at least put a lanyard on the gun to anticipate muzzle rise.
BINGO
This whole suit is crap.
But the ambulance chaser atty smells a payday coming.
“The gun instructor was responsible for his own death”
This.
He was the one empowered & responsible for teaching the student, and ensuring the student didn’t do anything dumb/dangerous in the process. He, of anyone, was the one who requested & received the right to decide “you are/aren’t too small & inexperienced to wield a weapon of this power.” He made the decision, the consequence is his responsibility to bear. Nobody else has standing to complain, and nobody else is liable for the consequences.
this is so wrong on so many levels. I actually think the young girl has a case against the estate of the gun instructor that she accidentally killed. I think nine is an appropriate age for a child to go to a range and shoot. it is not appropriate for the child to be firing the weapon she was firing. mainly because most children do not have the muscle strength to use the weapon correctly. as a gun range instructor he should of known this. now that child has to live with the trauma of accidently killing her instructor.