Liability Risk and Insurance
‘Reckless indifference’ in gun selling
The ‘reckless indifference’ of Kmart in the selling of a shotgun to a known paranoid schizophrenic has led to US$1.5mn punitive
damage and US$1.5mn compensation. This was a jury award to the parents of 19-year-old Ryan Tait Eslinger, who used the gun
to kill himself.