Cincinnati Gun Lawsuit Dismissed

By John Nolan
Associated Press Writer
Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999; 12:27 p.m. EDT

CINCINNATI — An Ohio state judge today dismissed the city’s Lawsuit
against gun
manufacturers, a distributor and three trade associations on the grounds
that it
was vague and unsupported by legal precedent.

Several other cities across the country also have sued the firearms industry.
Today’s action was the first dismissal of such a suit, a lawyer for gun
manufacturers said.

Jim Dorr, a Chicago lawyer for gun makers Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc., of
Southport,
Conn., and Smith & Wesson Corp., of Springfield, Mass., said he hopes to
use the
ruling by Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Ruehlman in seeking the
dismissal of 17 similar lawsuits representing 27 city or county governments.

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