TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 24, 2023

The Boston-based First Circuit Court of Appeals today was scheduled to take up claims from the country of Mexico that U.S. gun makers should be held responsible for facilitating the trafficking of deadly weapons across the border. Mexico is appealing dismissal of the suit last year by federal Judge F. Dennis Saylor, who found that federal law "unequivocally" bars lawsuits seeking to hold gun manufacturers responsible when people use guns for their intended purpose. Saylor said the law contained several narrow exceptions but none of them applied. Reuters has more on the case.