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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Philadelphia jury has just awarded $11 million in damages to U.S. Army veteran George Abrahams, who was shot by his own Sig Sauer P320 pistol while it was in its holster and without his hands touching the gun. The jury found that Sig Sauer defectively designed the P320, was negligent in selling the gun, and showed reckless indifference to the rights of others in the distribution of the pistol. The verdict and jury award - $10 million in punitive damages, and $1 million in compensatory damages - followed a three-week trial in the first Pennsylvania, P320 case against Sig Sauer to go to trial.
Mr. Abrahams is the latest victim of the Sig Sauer P320 to prevail at trial against the international gun manufacturer, according to his attorneys at Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky PC. The verdict follows the $2.35 million Federal jury award in June to the firm's Georgia client (Lang v. Sig Sauer, 1:21-cv-04196, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia) who was also shot by his holstered P320 without ever touching the trigger.
Mr. Abrahams filed a negligence and products liability complaint against Sig Sauer, alleging that his and hundreds ...
