Atlanta's Reckless Lawsuit
Suffers Major Setback
Rep. Curtis Jenkins
(D-Forsyth) |
In 1999, just days after the City of Atlanta filed its reckless lawsuit
against lawful gun makers, the Georgia Legislature passed a law
prohibiting such suits. The gun makers, in turn, asked that Atlanta's suit
be thrown out, but Fulton County State Court Judge Gino Brogdin not only
rejected the request, but denied a request to appeal his ruling. Attorneys
for firearms manufacturers still appealed, but the Georgia State Supreme
Court recently ruled that the current court appellate procedures do not
allow for such an appeal.
Recognizing this flaw with the judicial system,
pro-Second Amendment State Representative Curtis Jenkins (D-Forsyth)
offered an amendment while the 2000 session of the Georgia Legislature was
winding down that would allow for a more timely appeal of Judge Brogdin's
ruling.
The amendment passed, and once it is enacted into law by Governor
Roy Barnes (D), the firearms makers that are subject to Atlanta's reckless
suit will be able to appeal Judge Brogdin's ruling.
Paul Jannuzzo, Vice
President and general counsel of Glock Inc., one of the defendants, stated
"The amendment is both just and a valuable countermeasure to what appears
to be an ingrained prejudice on the part of a supposedly independent
jurist."
Jannuzzo went on to say, "By not allowing an appeal, by totally
ignoring the law when ruling upon the motion to dismiss, [Judge Brogdin]
has told us that his opinion and his alone is important in the state of
Georgia.... That kind of ego needs a check to balance it against other
equities."
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