5% Guilty Verdict Thrown Out

The 4th District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach, Florida threw out a previous verdict which found gun distributor Valor Corp. 5% guilty:

"After the jury verdict in favor of Pam Grunow, several jurors said it was a compromise. They found the family friend and the Palm Beach County School Board responsible for 95 percent of the damages because the gun was not locked up and there wasn't better security at the school. Valor was found responsible for 5 percent of the total damages of $24 million, or $1.2 million. The family friend and School Board were not defendants in the case because Pam Grunow reached settlements with them."

But...

"Palm Beach Circuit Judge Jorge Labarga threw out the November 2002 verdict, ruling that Valor could not be negligent under state law because jurors did not find the gun was a defective product. The appeals court ruled that there was no liability on the part of Valor for distributing a gun that worked as it should."