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Appeals court rejects liability claim against gun manufacturer

[JURIST] The Fourth District Court of Appeal [official site] in Florida Wednesday rejected an appeal [opinion, PDF] from a widow who sued a gun company after her husband, a middle school teacher, was gunned down by a student while entering a classroom. Pam Grunow argued that Valor Corporation [corporate website] was negligent in selling the handgun used in the shooting of her husband in May 2000. A jury awarded her $1.2 million in November 2002, but that verdict was set aside by the trial court judge [Sun-Sentinel report], who ruled that a finding of negligence required a finding that the product was defective. AP has more.

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South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.