A gun dealer from Ohio who sold a firearm that was eventually trafficked into New York and used illegally in a shooting cannot be sued in state court by the victim of that crime, the New York Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in a majority opinion written by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore.
Chief Judge DiFioreThe decision is expected to have wide-ranging implications on the ability of gun-crime victims in New York to bring civil litigation against out-of-state gun sellers whose products are used to perpetrate the crime against them.
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