We need more gun manufacturers to do this!

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Saturday, July 26, 2003

Story last updated at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, 2003
Gun distributor sues teacher’s widow for legal fees

The Associated Press

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.